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  • MIL-OSI: First Capital, Inc. Reports Quarterly Earnings

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CORYDON, Ind., Oct. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FCAP), the holding company for First Harrison Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $2.9 million, or $0.87 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $3.1 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

    Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

    Net interest income after provision for credit losses increased $415,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. Interest income increased $2.0 million when comparing the periods due to an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets from 3.96% for the third quarter of 2023 to 4.53% for the third quarter of 2024. The average balance of interest-earning assets increased from $1.13 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 to $1.17 billion at September 30, 2024. The increase in the yield was primarily due to an increase in the yield on loans to 6.09% for the third quarter of 2024 compared to 5.74% for the same period in 2023. In addition, the Company’s lower yielding securities continue to mature with proceeds being reinvested in higher yielding loans or federal funds sold. When compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the average balance of the Company’s securities decreased $59.0 million, while the Company’s average loans and federal funds sold balances increased $40.6 million and $58.0 million, respectively, during the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Interest expense increased $1.5 million when comparing the periods due to an increase in the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities from 1.30% for the third quarter of 2023 to 1.87% for the third quarter of 2024, in addition to an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities from $813.2 million for the third quarter of 2023 to $875.8 million for the third quarter of 2024. The Company had no outstanding advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) during the quarter ended September 30, 2024 compared to $3.3 million with an average rate of 6.03% during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The Company had average outstanding borrowings under the Federal Reserve Bank’s Bank Term Funding Program (“BTFP”) of $33.6 million and $13.0 million with an average rate of 4.89% and 5.02% during the quarters ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As a result of the changes in interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the net interest margin increased from 3.02% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 to 3.12% for the same period in 2024.

    Based on management’s analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”) on loans and unfunded loan commitments, the provision for credit losses increased from $290,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 to $463,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The increase was due to loan growth during the period, the increase in nonperforming assets during the quarter described later in this release, as well as management’s consideration of macroeconomic uncertainty. The Bank recognized net charge-offs of $64,000 and $19,000 for the quarters ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

    Noninterest income decreased $147,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. The Company recognized a $196,000 loss on equity securities for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 compared to a loss of $131,000 for the same quarter in 2023. The Company did not sell any securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The Company recognized a net $63,000 gain on sale of securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company sold securities available for sale with a market value of $9.4 million and an amortized cost basis of $9.5 million resulting in a net loss of $94,000. The net loss was more than offset by the $157,000 gain on sale of the Company’s VISA Class B stock in September 2023. In addition, other income decreased $54,000 during the quarter. These were partially offset by increases of $17,000 and $13,000 in ATM and debit card fees and service charges on deposit accounts, respectively.

    Noninterest expense increased $543,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, due primarily to increases in professional fees and compensation and benefits of $213,000 and $160,000, respectively. The increase in professional fees is primarily due to increased costs associated with the Company’s annual audit and fees being accrued for the Company’s ongoing core contract negotiations. The increase in compensation and benefits is due to standard increases in salary and wages as well as increases in the cost of Company-provided health insurance benefits. In addition, data processing, advertising, and occupancy and equipment expenses increased $51,000, $45,000, and $41,000, respectively.

    Income tax expense decreased $35,000 for the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the third quarter of 2023 primarily due to a decrease in the Company’s taxable income. The effective tax rate for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was 15.6% compared to 15.4% for the same period in 2023.

    Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company reported net income of $8.7 million, or $2.59 per diluted share, compared to net income of $9.7 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, for the same period in 2023.

    Net interest income after provision for credit losses increased $72,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Interest income increased $5.3 million when comparing the two periods due to an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets from 3.80% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 to 4.37% for the same period in 2024.   The increase in the yield was primarily due to an increase in the yield on loans to 5.99% for the first nine months of 2024 compared to 5.57% for the same period in 2023. In addition, the Company’s lower yielding securities continue to mature with proceeds being reinvested in higher yielding loans or federal funds sold. When compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the average balance of the Company’s securities decreased $49.7 million, while the Company’s average loans and federal funds sold balances increased $50.8 million and $15.5 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Interest expense increased $5.0 million as the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased from 0.98% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 to 1.72% for the same period in 2024, in addition to an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities from $805.1 million for the first nine months of 2023 to $846.8 million for the same period of 2024. The Company had average outstanding advances from the FHLB of $2.3 million and $2.6 million with an average rate of 5.69% and 5.49% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company had average outstanding borrowings under the Federal Reserve Bank’s BTFP of $33.1 million and $6.4 million with an average rate of 4.84% and 5.03% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As a result of the changes in interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the net interest margin decreased from 3.10% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 to 3.09% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

    Based on management’s analysis of the ACL on loans and unfunded loan commitments, the provision for credit losses increased from $833,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 to $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was due to loan growth during the period, the increase in nonperforming assets described later in this release, as well as management’s consideration of macroeconomic uncertainty. The Bank recognized net charge-offs of $149,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $380,000 for the same period in 2023.  

    Noninterest income decreased $79,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023 primarily due to the Company recognizing a $270,000 loss on equity securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to an $86,000 loss during the same period in 2023.   This was partially offset by increases of $77,000 and $30,000 from gains on sale of loans and service charges on deposit accounts, respectively.

    Noninterest expenses increased $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. This was primarily due to increases in professional fees, compensation and benefits, data processing, and other expenses of $424,000, $374,000, $130,000, and $179,000, respectively, when comparing the two periods. The increase in professional fees is primarily due to increased costs associated with the Company’s annual audit and fees being accrued for the Company’s ongoing core contract negotiations. The increase in compensation and benefits is due to standard increases in salary and wages as well as increases in the cost of Company-provided health insurance benefits. The increase in data processing expense is primarily due to increased debit card interchange fees. Increases in other expenses included a $77,000 increase in the Company’s support of local communities through sponsorships and donations, $26,000 in increased dues and subscriptions and $24,000 of additional FDIC insurance assessments for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023.

    Income tax expense decreased $238,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023 resulting in an effective tax rate of 15.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 15.4% for the same period in 2023.

    Comparison of Financial Condition at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023

    Total assets were $1.19 billion and $1.16 billion at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Net loans receivable and total cash and cash equivalents increased $16.2 million and $51.3 million from December 31, 2023 to September 30, 2024, respectively, while securities available for sale decreased $28.8 million, during the same period. Deposits were $1.03 billion at December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2024. The Bank had $33.6 million in borrowings outstanding through the Federal Reserve Bank’s BTFP at September 30, 2024 compared to $21.5 million at December 31, 2023. Nonperforming assets (consisting of nonaccrual loans, accruing loans 90 days or more past due, and foreclosed real estate) increased from $1.8 million at December 31, 2023 to $4.5 million at September 30, 2024.   The increase was primarily due to the nonaccrual classification of two commercial loan relationships totaling $2.6 million. Loans in the relationship are secured by a variety of real estate and business assets.

    The Bank currently has 18 offices in the Indiana communities of Corydon, Edwardsville, Greenville, Floyds Knobs, Palmyra, New Albany, New Salisbury, Jeffersonville, Salem, Lanesville and Charlestown and the Kentucky communities of Shepherdsville, Mt. Washington and Lebanon Junction.

    Access to First Harrison Bank accounts, including online banking and electronic bill payments, is available through the Bank’s website at http://www.firstharrison.com. For more information and financial data about the Company, please visit Investor Relations at the Bank’s aforementioned website. The Bank can also be followed on Facebook.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “could” and “should,” and other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts nor guarantees of future performance; rather, they are statements based on the Company’s current beliefs, assumptions, and expectations regarding its business strategies and their intended results and its future performance.

    Numerous risks and uncertainties could cause or contribute to the Company’s actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause or contribute to these differences include, without limitation, general economic conditions, including changes in market interest rates and changes in monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government; competition; the ability of the Company to execute its business plan; legislative and regulatory changes; the quality and composition of the loan and investment portfolios; loan demand; deposit flows; changes in accounting principles and guidelines; and other factors disclosed periodically in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Because of the risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on them, whether included in this press release, the Company’s reports, or made elsewhere from time to time by the Company or on its behalf. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.

    Contact:
    Joshua Stevens
    Chief Financial Officer
    812-738-1570

     
    FIRST CAPITAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
    Consolidated Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
                   
      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,   September 30,
    OPERATING DATA 2024   2023   2024   2023
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)              
                   
    Total interest income $ 13,224     $ 11,179     $ 37,279     $ 31,966  
    Total interest expense   4,099       2,642       10,897       5,926  
    Net interest income   9,125       8,537       26,382       26,040  
    Provision for credit losses   463       290       1,103       833  
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses   8,662       8,247       25,279       25,207  
                   
    Total non-interest income   1,800       1,947       5,722       5,801  
    Total non-interest expense   7,024       6,481       20,781       19,548  
    Income before income taxes   3,438       3,713       10,220       11,460  
    Income tax expense   537       572       1,532       1,770  
    Net income   2,901       3,141       8,688       9,690  
    Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest   3       3       10       10  
    Net income attributable to First Capital, Inc. $ 2,898     $ 3,138     $ 8,678     $ 9,680  
                   
    Net income per share attributable to First Capital, Inc. common shareholders:              
    Basic $ 0.87     $ 0.94     $ 2.59     $ 2.89  
                   
    Diluted $ 0.87     $ 0.94     $ 2.59     $ 2.89  
                   
    Weighted average common shares outstanding:              
    Basic   3,347,236       3,345,869       3,345,863       3,347,823  
                   
    Diluted   3,347,236       3,345,869       3,345,863       3,347,823  
                   
    OTHER FINANCIAL DATA              
                   
    Cash dividends per share $ 0.29     $ 0.27     $ 0.83     $ 0.81  
    Return on average assets (annualized) (1)   0.97 %     1.09 %     0.99 %     1.13 %
    Return on average equity (annualized) (1)   10.48 %     13.53 %     10.84 %     14.14 %
    Net interest margin   3.12 %     3.02 %     3.09 %     3.10 %
    Interest rate spread   2.66 %     2.66 %     2.65 %     2.82 %
    Net overhead expense as a percentage of average assets (annualized) (1)   2.35 %     2.25 %     2.38 %     2.28 %
                   
      September 30,   December 31,      
    BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION 2024   2023        
                   
    Cash and cash equivalents $ 89,939     $ 38,670          
    Interest-bearing time deposits   2,695       3,920          
    Investment securities   415,469       444,271          
    Gross loans   639,566       622,414          
    Allowance for credit losses   8,959       8,005          
    Earning assets   1,119,791       1,083,898          
    Total assets   1,189,295       1,157,880          
    Deposits   1,030,249       1,025,211          
    Borrowed funds   33,625       21,500          
    Stockholders’ equity, net of noncontrolling interest   116,775       105,233          
    Allowance for credit losses as a percent of gross loans   1.40 %     1.29 %        
    Non-performing assets:              
    Nonaccrual loans   4,483       1,751          
    Accruing loans past due 90 days   –       –          
    Foreclosed real estate   –       –          
    Regulatory capital ratios (Bank only):              
    Community Bank Leverage Ratio (2)   10.25 %     9.92 %        
                   
    (1) See reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to the calculation of this item.
    (2) Effective March 31, 2020, the Bank opted in to the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) framework. As such, the other regulatory ratios are no longer provided.
                   
    RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED):    
                   
    This presentation contains financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Management uses these “non-GAAP” measures in its analysis of the Company’s performance. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures allow for better comparability with prior periods, as well as with peers in the industry who provide a similar presentation, and provide a further understanding of the Company’s ongoing operations. These disclosures should not be viewed as a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies. The following table summarizes the non-GAAP financial measures derived from amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and reconciles those non-GAAP financial measures with the comparable GAAP financial measures.
                                   
      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,   September 30,
      2024   2023   2024   2023
                   
    Return on average assets before annualization   0.24 %     0.27 %     0.75 %     0.85 %
    Annualization factor   4.00       4.00       1.33       1.33  
    Annualized return on average assets   0.97 %     1.09 %     0.99 %     1.13 %
                   
                   
    Return on average equity before annualization   2.62 %     3.38 %     8.13 %     10.60 %
    Annualization factor   4.00       4.00       1.33       1.33  
    Annualized return on average equity   10.48 %     13.53 %     10.84 %     14.14 %
                   
                   
    Net overhead expense as a % of average assets before annualization   0.59 %     0.56 %     1.78 %     1.71 %
    Annualization factor   4.00       4.00       1.33       1.33  
    Annualized net overhead expense as a % of average assets   2.35 %     2.25 %     2.38 %     2.28 %
                   

    The MIL Network –

  • MIL-OSI Security: McLaughlin Man Sentenced for Assault

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    ABERDEEN – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The sentencing took place on October 21, 2024.

    Ronald Long Feather, 25, was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

    Long Feather was indicted by a federal grand jury in November of 2023. He pleaded guilty on July 23, 2024.

    Shortly before 7:00 p.m. on March 9, 2023, in McLaughlin, which lies within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, a belligerent and intoxicated man hurled a plastic snow shovel at Long Feather’s front door, damaging the screen. Long Feather, heavily intoxicated himself, stepped outside and confronted him on the stoop. During the ensuing scuffle, Long Feather stabbed the man in the neck. The man fled on foot to his uncle’s home, who turned him away, opining the blood would scare the children. No one called 911. The man wandered the snow-covered streets of McLaughlin until Good Samaritans rendered aid and called for an ambulance. The man’s heart stopped twenty minutes before reaching the Mobridge Hospital. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

    This matter was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office because the Major Crimes Act, a federal statute, mandates that certain violent crimes alleged to have occurred in Indian country be prosecuted in Federal court as opposed to State court.

    This case was investigated by the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs – Office of Justice Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl Thunem prosecuted the case.

    Long Feather was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. 

    MIL Security OSI –

  • MIL-OSI Security: Calera Resident Sentenced To 25 Years For Child Exploitation Crimes

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ryan John Capps, age 25, of Calera, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for one count of Coercion and Enticement, and 300 months in prison for one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction.  Capps was also sentenced to 180 months in prison for one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.  The sentences were ordered to be served concurrently.

    The charges arose from an investigation by the Durant Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    On May 1, 2024, Capps was found guilty of the charges by a federal jury.  According to investigators, in the autumn of 2022, while employed as a teacher and coach at Durant Middle School, Capps enticed a minor student to produce child sexual abuse material and engage in sexual activity.  The crimes occurred in Bryan County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation of Oklahoma, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

    “This defendant abused his position of trust as a teacher and coach by sexually exploiting a student he was supposed to protect,” said FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Doug Goodwater.  “I’m grateful for the dedicated efforts of the FBI, the Durant Police Department, and the US Attorney’s Office to remove this predator from the lives of innocent children through the justice system.”

    “The defendant violated the trust placed in him as a teacher in order to exploit the victim for his own prurient interests,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson.  “The jury’s verdict and the sentences imposed by the Court are a resounding message that those who commit these deplorable acts will be subjected to the justice system and severely punished.”

    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc.

    We encourage anyone who suspects or has information regarding child sexual exploitation, trafficking of minors, sextortion, child pornography, or any other means of child exploitation to immediately contact law enforcement.  You can file a report on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)’s website at http://www.cybertipline.com, call 1-800-843-5678, contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or call 877-4-HSI TIP.

    The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing in Muskogee.  Capps will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

    Assistant United States Attorneys Jessie K. Pippin and Jessica Bove represented the United States.

    MIL Security OSI –

  • MIL-OSI Security: Customs and Border Protection Officer Sentenced for Receiving Bribes to Allow Drug-Laden Vehicles and Unauthorized Immigrants to Enter the U.S.

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    SAN DIEGO – Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Leonard Darnell George was sentenced in federal court today to 23 years in prison for accepting bribes to allow unauthorized migrants and vehicles containing methamphetamine and other illicit drugs to pass through the border into the U.S.

    “What’s important to remember about the story of Leonard George is that his corruption was discovered and defeated.” said U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath. “Our commitment to the integrity of the badge brought justice to a corrupt officer in this case who will spend decades behind bars.”

    “Public corruption as in this case is the betrayal of trust that erodes the foundation of the very principals of law enforcement and undermines the public’s perception of those held to a higher standard,” said Shawn Gibson, special agent in charge for HSI San Diego. “Today’s sentencing is a result of HSI’s commitment to investigating transnational criminal organizations and holding all individuals that aid these criminals accountable for their actions. The success of this multiagency investigation is due to everyone’s commitment of honor and integrity.”

    “Mr. George should have used his position of authority and trust to protect the United States; however, he used it for his own financial gain,” said FBI San Diego Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy. “The entire law enforcement profession is tarnished when an officer betrays the oath to protect and serve. The FBI will always vigorously and relentlessly investigate anyone who violates that sacred oath.”

    “CBP does not tolerate misconduct within its ranks,” said Special Agent in Charge Elizabeth Cervantes of CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility, San Diego Field Office. “OPR’s efforts in this case and this latest court decision are a testament to CBP’s commitment to preserving the honor of its overwhelmingly professional workforce, and to its core values of Vigilance, Integrity, and Service to country.”

    Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari, Ph.D., said, “Today’s sentencing sends a clear message that federal employees who violate the law will be held accountable. DHS Office of Inspector General is grateful for our continued partnership with our law enforcement partners as we fight corruption along the Southern Border.”

    During the trial, several witnesses testified that George agreed to allow drug-laden vehicles to enter the U.S. through his lane in late 2021. George would notify members of a drug trafficking organization when he was at work, what lane he was on, and that they had one hour to reach his lane. However, in February 2022, after an alert placed by law enforcement agents on a suspected drug smuggling vehicle was flagged entering George’s Lane, George was forced to send the vehicle to secondary inspection, later revealing approximately 222 pounds of methamphetamine.

    Undeterred, George allowed a second drug-laden vehicle affiliated with the drug trafficking organization and traveling directly behind the flagged vehicle to enter the U.S. with over 200 pounds of drugs. Text messages sent by George the following day reveal he received approximately $13,000 for the vehicle he allowed to enter the U.S. On the same day he received his bribe payment, George purchased a 2020 Cadillac CT5 for an associate of the drug trafficking organization as a gift. George delivered the Cadillac CT5 to the associate in Ensenada on Valentine’s Day.

    Over the course of six months, George continued to allow vehicles containing undocumented individuals to enter the U.S. through his lane. George repeatedly omitted passengers and the true names of drivers coming through his lane, instead entering the names of others to conceal his criminal activities. Law enforcement agents and prosecutors identified approximately 19 crossings associated with the criminal organizations during the six-month time period. Text messages confirmed George agreed to allow vehicles through his lane for $17,000 per vehicle, $34,000 for two vehicles, $51,000 for three vehicles, or $65,000 for four vehicles. One text message confirmed that George received $68,000 after he allowed four vehicles from one organization to enter his lane in June 2022.

    Testimony from a witness confirmed that George purchased vehicles, motorcycles, and jewelry with the proceeds of his illicit activities. Additionally, on George’s days off, he travelled to Tijuana to visit Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club where he spent approximately $5,000 per trip. He would stand on the second level of the club and throw cash over the balcony to the dancers below, “showering” them with money. He would also buy bottles of alcohol, and occasionally gifts, for dancers.

    The extent of George’s relationship with traffickers revealed itself when prosecutors admitted a photograph of one of George’s trafficking associates taking a selfie in George’s CBP uniform jacket.

    The case was tried and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bianca Calderon-Peñaloza and Brandon J. Kimura.

    DEFENDANT                                Case Number 23CR1291

    Leonard Darnell George                  Age: 42                          San Diego               

    SUMMARY OF CHARGES                                   

    Receiving Bribe by Public Official – Title 18, U.S.C., Section 201

    Maximum penalty: Fifteen years in prison

    Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances – Title 21 U.S.C., Sections 952, 960, 963

    Maximum penalty: Life in prison with a 10-year mandatory minimum

    Bringing in Certain Aliens for Financial Gain – Title 18 U.S.C., Section 371, Title 8 U.S.C., Section 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii)

    Maximum Penalty: Ten years in prison

    Bringing in Certain Aliens for Financial Gain – Title 18 U.S.C., Section 371, Title 8 U.S.C., Section 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii)

    Maximum Penalty: Ten years in prison

    INVESTIGATING AGENCIES

    Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

    Department of Homeland Security – Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG)

    Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

    Customs and Border Protection – Office of Professional Responsibility (CBP OPR)

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Special Police Officer Arrested on Indictment Charging Unreasonable Use of Force

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    Defendant Allegedly Punched and Kicked a Detained Person Without Legal Justification

                WASHINGTON – Ehren Fluellyn, 36, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was arrested today on a one-count federal indictment charging him with violating the constitutional rights of a detained citizen on April 12, 2023, announced United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division. 

                According to the indictment, on April 12, 2023, while acting under color of law as a special police officer employed by Capital City Protection Solutions, Fluellyn willfully deprived a person of a right or privilege secured and protected by the Constitution and the laws of the United States; specifically, the right to be from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer. Fluellyn allegedly assaulted the victim by kicking, punching, and striking the victim, without legal justification, resulting in bodily injury.

                Deprivation of rights under color of law involving bodily injury carries a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes. The sentencing will be determined by the court based on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

                This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Truscott, of the Fraud, Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

                An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Federal prosecutors stand ready to address voting rights concerns or election fraud

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    HOUSTON – Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) in connection with early voting in Texas, which runs through Nov. 1, and the upcoming Nov. 5 general election, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

    Civil Chief Daniel Hu has been appointed to serve as the election officer for civil matters, while Deputy Criminal Chief Sharad Khandelwal is the criminal election officer. In their capacities, both are responsible for overseeing the SDTX’s handling of election related complaints related to voting rights, such as limiting access to the polls, threats of violence to election officials or staff and election fraud.

    “Every citizen must be able to vote without interference or discrimination and to have that vote counted in a fair and free election,” said Hamdani. “Similarly, election officials and staff must be able to serve without being subject to unlawful threats of violence. My office will always work tirelessly to protect the integrity of the election process.”

    The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring and combatting discrimination and intimidation at the polls, threats of violence directed at election officials and poll workers and election fraud. The department will address these violations wherever they occur. The department’s longstanding Election Day Program furthers these goals and also seeks to ensure public confidence in the electoral process by providing local points of contact within the department for the public to report possible federal election law violations.

    Federal law protects against such crimes as threatening violence against election officials or staff, intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input. It also contains special protections for the rights of voters and provides that they can vote free from interference, including intimidation, and other acts designed to prevent or discourage people from voting or voting for the candidate of their choice. The Voting Rights Act protects the right of voters to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice (where voters need assistance because of disability or inability to read or write in English).  

    “The franchise is the cornerstone of American democracy,” said Hamdani. “We all must ensure that those who are entitled to the franchise can exercise it if they choose, and that those who seek to corrupt it are brought to justice.”

    In order to respond to complaints of voting rights concerns and election fraud during the upcoming election and to ensure that such complaints are directed to the appropriate authorities, Khandelwal and Hu will be on duty in this district while the polls are open and can be reached at 713-567-9345 and 713-567-9518, respectively.

    In addition, the FBI will have special agents available in each field office and resident agency throughout the country to receive allegations of election fraud and other election abuses on election day.  The main number in Houston is 713-693-5000, while South Texas residents can contact the San Antonio office at 210-225-6741.

    Complaints about possible violations of the federal voting rights laws can be made directly to the Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC by complaint form at https://civilrights.justice.gov/ or by phone at 800-253-3931.

    “Ensuring free and fair elections depends in large part on the assistance of the American electorate,” said Hamdani. “It is important that those who have specific information about voting rights concerns or election fraud make that information available to DOJ.”

    Please note, however, in the case of a crime of violence or intimidation, please call 911 immediately and before contacting federal authorities. State and local police have primary jurisdiction over polling places and almost always have faster reaction capacity in an emergency. 

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  • MIL-OSI: CORRECTION – Sift Reinvents Account Takeover Prevention Across the Consumer Journey, Integrates with Leading CIAM Platforms

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a release issued on October 24, 2024 under the same headline by SIFT, please note that in the sub headline and first paragraph references to $1.9 million per week have been corrected to $4.2 million per year. The corrected release follows: 

    Sift’s ATO solution prevents a median of up to $4.2 million per year in fraud losses per customer

    Sift, the AI-powered fraud platform securing digital trust for leading global businesses, today announced its latest quarterly product update, featuring an enhanced solution to protect businesses from account takeover (ATO) fraud throughout the entire consumer journey. Sift’s detailed analysis of its customers shows that its ATO solution prevents a median of up to $4.2 million per year in fraud losses per customer. Its comprehensive approach ensures that organizations can safeguard their users from point of login to post-transaction, addressing the growing threat of ATO that resulted in nearly $13 billion in losses in 2023 alone.

    Fueled by a digitally-driven economy, ATO attacks increased 24% in Q2 2024 compared to the same period last year, when attacks skyrocketed by 354% according to Sift research from 2023. Traditional solutions that seek to stop account theft only at the point of login often fall short, leaving businesses vulnerable to attacks that occur at different points of the consumer journey. Exacerbating the problem is that ATO often lives between the cracks within organizations, making it an “orphan” threat with no clear owner between Fraud and Security departments. Sift allows these departments to collaborate and take ownership of ATO by uniting data and workflows that are accessible to both.

    Key Advancements with new Sift ATO solution:

    • Identity-Centric Accuracy: AI-powered insights, real-time behavioral analysis, and expanded device fingerprinting provide richer context around risk and user intent throughout the consumer journey.
    • Powerful Integrations: Unify and extend existing Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) workflows through low-code integrations, including Ping Identity PingOne DaVinci and Okta Auth0, accelerating time to value and strengthening identity management investments across the security tech stack.
    • Fine-Tuned Controls: Robust MFA capabilities and continuous monitoring after login deliver precise friction at the session level. Pre-built, industry-specific automations generate immediate impact out of the box.

    “Account takeover is a deeply connected problem that impacts multiple facets of a business, from cybersecurity to finance,” said Raviv Levi, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Sift. “Traditional approaches often result in fragmented data and incomplete insights, making it difficult to fully understand and mitigate the impact of ATO. Sift’s unique approach unites departments and data, providing a single source of truth for ATO prevention and removing barriers to revenue.”

    Additional innovations from Sift this quarter include advanced behavior signals and VIP Fast Pass controls for high velocity transaction industries like iGaming and Fintech, as well as expanded RiskWatch functionality for faster, more insightful manual reviews.

    For more information about Sift’s revamped ATO solution and other innovations, visit the Sift Blog here.

    About Sift
    Sift is the AI-powered fraud platform securing digital trust for leading global businesses. Our deep investments in machine learning and user identity, a data network scoring 1 trillion events per year, and a commitment to long-term customer success empower more than 700 customers to grow fearlessly. Brands including DoorDash, Yelp, and Poshmark rely on Sift to unlock growth and deliver seamless consumer experiences. Visit us at sift.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

    Media Contact:
    Victor White
    VP, Corporate Communications, Sift
    press@sift.com

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  • MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Attorney Ross appoints 2024 District Election Officer

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Bonanno will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 5, 2024, general election. AUSA Bonanno has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of New York, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.

    U.S. Attorney Ross said, “Every citizen must be able to vote without interference or discrimination and to have that vote counted in a fair and free election.  Similarly, election officials and staff must be able to serve without being subject to unlawful threats of violence. The Department of Justice will always work tirelessly to protect the integrity of the election process.”

    The Department of Justice has an important role in deterring and combatting discrimination and intimidation at the polls, threats of violence directed at election officials and poll workers, and election fraud.  The Department will address these violations wherever they occur.  The Department’s longstanding Election Day Program furthers these goals and also seeks to ensure public confidence in the electoral process by providing local points of contact within the Department for the public to report possible federal election law violations.

    Federal law protects against such crimes as threatening violence against election officials or staff, intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes, and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input.  It also contains special protections for the rights of voters, and provides that they can vote free from interference, including intimidation, and other acts designed to prevent or discourage people from voting or voting for the candidate of their choice.  The Voting Rights Act protects the right of voters to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice (where voters need assistance because of disability or inability to read or write in English).   

    U.S. Attorney Ross stated that: “The franchise is the cornerstone of American democracy.  We all must ensure that those who are entitled to the franchise can exercise it if they choose, and that those who seek to corrupt it are brought to justice.  In order to respond to complaints of voting rights concerns and election fraud during the upcoming election, and to ensure that such complaints are directed to the appropriate authorities, AUSA/DEO Bonanno will be on duty in this District while the polls are open. He can be reached by the public at the following telephone number: 716-843-5700.”

    In addition, the FBI will have special agents available in each field office and resident agency throughout the country to receive allegations of election fraud and other election abuses on election day. The local FBI field office can be reached by the public at 716-856-7800.

    Complaints about possible violations of the federal voting rights laws can be made directly to the Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC by complaint form at https://civilrights.justice.gov/ or by phone at 800-253-3931.

    U.S. Attorney Ross said, “Ensuring free and fair elections depends in large part on the assistance of the American electorate. It is important that those who have specific information about voting rights concerns or election fraud make that information available to the Department of Justice.”

    Please note, however, in the case of a crime of violence or intimidation, please call 911 immediately and before contacting federal authorities. State and local police have primary jurisdiction over polling places, and almost always have faster reaction capacity in an emergency.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: East Bay Man Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    OAKLAND – Freddie Lee Davis III, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to 24 months and a day in federal prison.  The sentence was handed down on Oct. 24, 2024, by the Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, United States District Judge.  Davis’ co-defendant, Sene Malepeai, also pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, and has yet to be sentenced.

    Davis and Malepeai, both 27, were charged by criminal complaint on June 30, 2023.  Davis was remanded to federal custody on Aug. 31, 2023, and has remained in custody since then.  Both defendants were charged by superseding information on July 19, 2024, with one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

    The criminal complaint describes that on June 17, 2021, officers responded to a report of a robbery in the parking lot of a Costco in San Leandro. The victim of the robbery was an Asian female (identified in the complaint as “Q.D.”). The robbery took place in the store’s parking lot after the victim exited Costco. As she was walking to her vehicle, a car drove alongside Q.D. and an individual reached out of a window and grabbed hold of her purse from the moving car.  Q.D. held onto her purse and was dragged the width of several cars.  The car then sped away and Q.D. let go of her purse and fell to the ground, resulting in bodily injuries, including abrasions to her leg and swelling on her hand.  Several witnesses heard Q.D. scream, heard her body hit the asphalt, and saw a black Honda speed away from the incident.  Surveillance cameras revealed that the car had a license plate number registered to Davis.

    On Aug. 1, 2024, Davis pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.  In Davis’ plea agreement, he acknowledged this robbery and admitted that he received some of the stolen items, including Q.D.’s MasterCard credit card.  Davis further admitted that days after the robbery, he knowingly and unlawfully possessed the credit card knowing it belonged to Q.D., and possessed it in relation to a violation of wire fraud.  In particular, he and co-defendant Malepeai used Q.D.’s credit card, while misrepresenting Malepeai as the lawful user of the credit card, to fraudulently purchase merchandise at a shoe store in San Leandro and make a number of other fraudulent purchases.

    In addition to sentencing Davis to 24 months and a day in federal prison, Judge Gonzalez Rogers ordered him to pay restitution in an amount to be determined and to serve three years of supervised release to begin after his prison term is completed.  

    “Community members should be able to live their lives without fear of being robbed and having items stolen from them used fraudulently,” said United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey.  “We will vigorously prosecute these crimes and make sure that defendants like Mr. Davis face serious consequences for their misconduct.”

    On Sept. 17, 2024, Davis’ co-defendant Malepeai also pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.  Malepeai admitted that, on the day of the robbery, she was a passenger in a vehicle with three other individuals.  As detailed in Malepeai’s plea agreement, earlier that day, the three other occupants of the vehicle had discussed “going to Chinatown to rob Asian women with purses or jewelry.”  They first drove to Chinatown to look for Asians with purses, then went to the parking lot of a retail store, and eventually ended up at a Costco in San Leandro.  Two of the occupants in the vehicle had previously stated that they “preferred robbing Asians because they thought they have more money, and because Asians are ‘easy targets’ who don’t fight back,” according to Malepeai’s plea agreement.  After the robbery, the three other occupants of the vehicle divided up the stolen goods from Q.D.’s purse, including cash, credit cards, a checkbook, and two cell phones, as Malepeai admitted.  Malepeai further admitted to using Q.D.’s credit card, while misrepresenting herself as the lawful user of the credit card, to fraudulently purchase merchandise at a shoe store in San Leandro and make a number of other fraudulent purchases.

    Malepeai’s next hearing before Judge Gonzalez Rogers is set for Nov. 7, 2024.  

    The mandatory minimum penalty for aggravated identity theft is two years in prison, and the maximum statutory penalty for wire fraud is 20 years in prison.  However, any sentence following a conviction is imposed by a court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.

    The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Tripp.

    Assistant United States Attorneys Eric Cheng and Molly Priedeman are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Mimi Lam. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the FBI with assistance from the San Leandro Police Department.  
     

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Background Press Call on Israel’s Targeted Strikes Against Military Targets in  Iran

    US Senate News:

    Source: The White House
    Via Teleconference
    11:15 P.M. EDT
    MODERATOR:  Good evening, everyone.  Thanks so much for joining the call, especially one on short notice and late on a Friday. 
    As a reminder, this call is on background, attributable to a senior administration official.  For your awareness, not for your reporting, on the call today we have [senior administration official]. 
    This call is embargoed until the conclusion of the call. 
    [Senior administration official] is going to have a few words at the top, and then we’ll take your questions. 
    Over to you.
    SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Thank you, everybody, for joining here late on a Friday. 
    So, I’m here to provide some brief comment and background on Israel’s response earlier this evening against Iran.  And just as you will recall, on October 1st, so a few weeks ago, Iran launched an unprecedented attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, which was a significant escalation.  Many of these missiles targeted Israel’s most populated city of Tel Aviv.  Those missiles had the potential to kill hundreds of civilians. 
    Fortunately, that attack was defeated and ineffective thanks in no small part to U.S. assistance.  President Biden directed the U.S. military to help defend Israel during the attack.  And in the hours after that attack, we promised serious consequences for Iran. 
    The next morning, on October 2nd, the President spoke with his G7 counterparts to coordinate a diplomatic response.  And over the course of the following week, we and our partners implemented a coordinated series of sanctions against Iran.
    And just to review:
    The United States, we issued new sanctions against Iran’s oil sector, including its so-called Ghost Fleet that carries illicit oil products around the world. 
    The European Union for the first time sanctioned Iran’s civilian airliners, including Iran Air, rendering those airlines no longer able to access European destinations. 
    The United Kingdom and Australia issued new and sweeping sanctions against Iran’s missile program. 
    This is a coordinated effort across multiple jurisdictions that President Biden led, and those efforts are ongoing with allies and partners. 
    Tonight, Israel carried out a direct military response against Iran.  Specifically, Israel conducted precision airstrikes against multiple military targets across Iran and outside populated areas. 
    The United States was not a participant in this military operation. 
    The President and his national security team, of course, worked with the Israelis over recent weeks to encourage Israel to conduct a response that was targeted and proportional with low risk of civilian harm, and that appears to have been precisely what transpired this evening. 
    The President discussed the overall situation with Prime Minister Netanyahu last week.  He encouraged the Prime Minister to design a response that served to deter further attacks against Israel while reducing risk of further escalation.  And that is our objective; it’s Israel’s objective, as well, as they have stated this evening.
    Should Iran choose to respond, we are fully prepared to once again defend against any attack.  We recently deployed a THAAD battery, which is a ballistic missile defense system, to Israel.  And we have worked to strengthen Israel’s air defense systems in the run-up to tonight’s response.
    President Biden and Vice President Harris have demonstrated clearly that we will always help defend Israel and secure its people and territory from Iran and its proxy terrorist groups.
    If Iran chooses to respond once again, we will be ready, and there will be consequences for Iran once again.  However, we do not want to see that happen.  This should be the end of this direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.  Israel has made clear to the world that its response is now complete. 
    Accordingly, we would call on all countries of influence to press Iran to stop these attacks against Israel so that we can move beyond this direct cycle of attacks.
    Over the coming days, we are prepared to lead an effort to secure an end to the war in Lebanon through an agreement that allows civilians on both sides of the Blue Line to safely return to their homes.  We are also prepared to lead an effort to finally achieve a ceasefire in Gaza together, with the return of hostages, which must happen without delay. 
    The overall contours of those arrangements are in place.  Tony Blinken was in the region last week.  This week, there will be further engagements, including a meeting of hostage negotiators over the coming days.  And it’s time to bring these deals to a resolution once and for all.  
    I would just note for some color on the recent hours here over the course of this evening: Of course, the President was briefed throughout the evening by Jake Sullivan, his National Security Advisor, as we are here at the White House.  Secretary Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Minister Yoav Gallant, a couple of hours ago.  And we just issued a — the Defense Department just issued a readout of that call, again, affirming Israel’s full right to self-defense against Iran and our support for its actions tonight, and our commitment to help defend Israel should Iran make the mistake to respond to this attack. 
    And with that, I’m happy to take a few questions. 
    MODERATOR:  Thank you.  We’ve got time for just a couple of questions. 
    First up, we’ll go to Aamer Madhani.  You should be able to unmute yourself. 
    Q    Hey.  Thank you both.  Did the U.S. assist in any manner at all?  Target selection, intel, jamming?  And do you assess this action to have had significant-enough impact on Iran’s ability to continue to strike Israel directly or its ability to arm Hezbollah?
    SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  So, as I said in my statement, we did not participate in this military operation, and I think that’s very clear. 
    I would just say: I’ll leave it to the Israelis to describe the scope and breadth of their response this evening.  It was extensive.  It was targeted.  It was precise.  It was against military targets across Iran.  It was in multiple waves.  It was very carefully prepared.  And again, I think it was designed to be effective. 
    And I think — again, I will leave it, though, to the Israelis to characterize and to provide more details, given that this was their military operation. 
    MODERATOR:  Next up, we’ll go to Trevor Hunnicutt.
    Q    Hey.  Thanks for doing this.  Could you talk a little bit about what, if any, communications or indications you had from Iran heading into this about what level of response they’re willing to engage in?  And could you talk a little bit about the President’s — any plans for the President to follow up with Netanyahu after this?
    SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  We do have multiple channels with Iran, direct and indirect.  We try to avoid any sense of miscommunication.  And they know exactly what our position is on multiple issues, including the dangers and risks of their course of conduct, particularly the launching of 200 ballistic missiles focusing primarily on densely populated areas in Israel’s most populated city, which also includes tens of thousands of Americans. 
    That is totally unacceptable.  We will not accept it.  We will support Israel defending itself.  And, obviously, we’ll support Israel fully in its right to self-defense.  Iran knows our position on that is unequivocal.  And we are quite clear that there’s no misunderstanding or miscommunication between us and Iran.
    In terms of communication with the Israelis, we are in constant communication with the Israelis up and down their system — military to military, intel to intel, and at the political level.  That is something that is ongoing and continuous. 
    Again, Jake briefed the President multiple times throughout the evening as this was unfolding and, of course, throughout the day today as it was developing.  And I think that will obviously continue through the weekend.  But I don’t have any calls to preview or read out.
    MODERATOR:  We have time for one last question.  We’ll go to the line of Kayla Tausche.
    Q    Thank you, guys, so much for doing this.  We appreciate it. 
    I have two questions.  The first is: You’ve described these strikes as “designed to be effective.”  Can you elaborate on what effect they were intended to have and whether they, in fact, did?
    And then, you’ve suggested that this should be the end to the conflict, but does the administration believe it will be the end of the conflict?
    SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  So, first of all, the effect, it’s a proportionate self-defense response to an unbelievably brazen and reckless ballistic missile attack, almost unprecedented in history, that has launched almost three weeks ago.  So, the effect is to deter future attacks and also to degrade the capabilities of Iran being able to conduct those types of activities.
    As to specific targets, I will say we know them, but I would leave it to the Israelis to discuss them in any further detail. 
    What was your second question?  I’m sorry.
    Q    The second question was: You have suggested that this should be the end of the conflict, but does the administration actually believe that it will be?
    SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Well, this should be the end of the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran.  And so, we had a direct exchange in April, and that was closed off, and we’ve now had this direct exchange.  Again, a direct — 200 ballistic missiles fired from Iran at Israel.  Israel did not attack Iran.  Iran attacked Israel, 200 ballistic missiles.  And Israel, tonight, has responded to that attack as an exercise of self-defense.  As far as we’re concerned, that should close out that direct exchange between Israel and Iran.
    As to the broader conflicts in the region, obviously much more complex.  I mentioned and alluded to them in my statement.  We do have a number of initiatives ongoing with respect to those. 
    But as to the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran, we do think this should complete that direct exchange.  And, again, should Iran choose to respond, we are fully prepared to defend Israel and support Israel, and there will be consequences should Iran make that unfortunate decision. 
    But as far as we’re concerned, this direct exchange, this should be the end of it.  I will say we’ve heard the same thing from many across the region, including many with close ties to Iran.  So we’ll see how that unfolds. 
    But that is our very strong view.  That’s been communicated to our partners throughout the region, and obviously it’s been communicated through multiple channels, indirectly and directly, to Iran. 
    MODERATOR:  Thanks, everyone.  That’s all the time we have for tonight.  As a reminder, this call was on background to a senior administration official, and the embargo is now lifted.  Thanks so much, and have a good night.
    11:27 P.M. EDT

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  • MIL-OSI: Trustco Reports Third Quarter 2024 Net Income of $12.9 Million; Skillful Application of Strong Fundamentals Produce Solid Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Executive Snapshot:

    • Average Loan portfolio continues to grow:
      • On average, total loans were up $127.0 million or 2.6% for the third quarter 2024 compared to the third quarter 2023
    • Continued solid financial results:
      • Key metrics for third quarter 2024:
        • Net income of $12.9 million versus $12.6 million for the second quarter 2024
        • Net interest income of $38.7 million, up from $37.8 million compared to the second quarter of 2024
        • Return on average equity (ROAE) of 7.74% versus 7.76% for the second quarter 2024
    • Capital continues to grow:
      • Consolidated equity to assets increased 6.2% to 10.95% as of September 30, 2024 from 10.31% as of September 30, 2023
      • Book value per share as of September 30, 2024 was $35.19, up from $34.46 compared to June 30, 2024

    GLENVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TrustCo, NASDAQ: TRST) today announced third quarter 2024 net income of $12.9 million or $0.68 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $14.7 million or $0.77 diluted earnings per share for the third quarter 2023; and net income of $37.6 million or $1.97 diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $48.9 million or $2.57 diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Average loans increased $127.0 million or 2.6% for the third quarter 2024 over the same period in 2023.   TrustCo was able to increase the balances of home equity lines of credit (HECLs) outstanding through an aggressive campaign to encourage existing customers to utilize their HECLs in place of the higher rates on other products.  The objective was to meet customer needs and encourage increased utilization through existing HECLs.

    Overview

    Chairman, President, and CEO, Robert J. McCormick said “Hard, consistent work on the fundamentals of banking once again have served the Trustco Bank team well and enabled us to post strong results under challenging circumstances. Our bankers posted one modest success after another – which accumulated into solid performance. We continued to hold the line on demand accounts and capitalized on strong customer relationships which enabled us to direct the flow into competitively-priced CDs, rather than to non-bank investment products. Not having to purchase expensive deposits or pay excessive rates, helped keep interest expense down, contributing to increased net interest income. We have continued to sell home equity products at favorable rates where origination of purchase mortgages lagged due to lack of sales volume. We booked these new loans at higher interest rates, also boosting net interest margin. Once again, loans reached a new all-time high. All of these efforts by our team resulted in net income of $12.9 million for the quarter.”

    Details

    Average loans were up $127.0 million or 2.6% in the third quarter 2024 over the same period in 2023. Average residential loans and home equity lines of credit, our primary lending focus, were up $50.4 million, or 1.2%, and $60.0 million, or 18.7%, respectively, in the third quarter 2024 over the same period in 2023. Average commercial loans also increased $18.1 million, or 6.9%, in the third quarter 2024 over the same period in 2023. Average deposits were up $15.3 million, or 0.3% for the third quarter 2024 over the same period in 2023. We believe the increase in time deposits compared to the prior year continues to reflect the desire of customers to have additional funds in the safety and security offered by TrustCo’s long history of conservative banking, while earning a competitive interest rate. As we move forward, the objective is to encourage customers to retain these additional funds in the expanded product offerings of Trustco Bank (the “Bank”) through aggressive marketing and product differentiation.

    Net interest income was $38.7 million for the third quarter 2024, an increase of $883 thousand, or 2.3%, compared to the prior quarter, driven by loan growth at higher interest rates and lower cost of deposits, partially offset by lower investment earnings and a decrease in interest on federal funds sold and other short-term investments. The net interest margin for the third quarter 2024 was 2.61%, up 8 basis points from 2.53% in the second quarter of 2024. The yield on interest earnings assets increased to 4.11%, up 5 basis points from 4.06% in the second quarter of 2024. The cost of interest bearing liabilities decreased to 1.94% in the third quarter 2024 from 1.97% in the second quarter 2024. The Bank has seen success in retaining deposits while lowering the rates on time deposits, and still being competitive in the markets it serves. The Federal Reserve’s decision regarding whether to cut or hold rates in upcoming meetings will have an effect on the Bank’s ability to continue to manage deposit costs. Further reductions should help margin expansion in future quarters. Non-interest expense decreased $259 thousand over the prior quarter as a result of the Bank’s ongoing efforts to control expenses.

    Asset quality remains strong and has been consistent over the past twelve months. The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $500 thousand in the third quarter of 2024, which is the result of a provision for credit losses on loans of $400 thousand, and provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments of $100 thousand. The ratio of allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans was 0.99% and 0.95% as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The allowance for credit losses on loans was $50.0 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $47.2 million at September 30, 2023. Nonperforming loans (NPLs) were $19.4 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $17.9 million at September 30, 2023. NPLs were 0.38% and 0.36% of total loans at September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The coverage ratio, or allowance for credit losses on loans to NPLs, was 256.9% at September 30, 2024, compared to 264.2% at September 30, 2023. Nonperforming assets (NPAs) were $21.9 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $19.1 million at September 30, 2023.  

    At September 30, 2024, our equity to asset ratio was 10.95%, compared to 10.31% at September 30, 2023. Book value per share at September 30, 2024 was $35.19, up 7.3% compared to $32.80 a year earlier.

    A conference call to discuss third quarter 2024 results will be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 22, 2024. Those wishing to participate in the call may dial toll-free for the United States at 1-833-470-1428, and for Canada at 1-833-950-0062, Access code 034120. A replay of the call will be available for thirty days by dialing toll-free for the United States at 1-866-813-9403, Access code 285814.   The call will also be audio webcast at https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/854762065, and will be available for one year.

    About TrustCo Bank Corp NY

    TrustCo Bank Corp NY is a $6.1 billion savings and loan holding company and through its subsidiary, Trustco Bank, operated 138 offices in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Florida at September 30, 2024.

    In addition, the Bank’s Wealth Management Department offers a full range of investment services, retirement planning and trust and estate administration services. The common shares of TrustCo are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol TRST.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    All statements in this news release that are not historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “project,” “estimate,” “expect,” “strategy,” “future,” “likely,” “may,” “should,” “will” and similar references to future development, results or periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding our expectations for our future performance, including our expectations regarding the effects of the economic environment on our financial results, our ability to retain customers and the amount of customers’ business, including deposit balances, with us, the impact of the Federal Reserve’s actions regarding interest rates, and the growth of loans and deposits throughout our branch network. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations as well as certain assumptions and estimates made by, and information available to, management at the time the statements are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject to factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially for TrustCo from the views, beliefs and projections expressed in such statements, and many of the risks and uncertainties are heightened by or may, in the future, be heightened by volatility in financial markets and macroeconomic or geopolitical concerns related to inflation, continued elevated interest rates and ongoing armed conflicts (including the Russia/Ukraine conflict and the conflict in Israel and surrounding areas). TrustCo wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The following important factors, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect TrustCo’s actual results and could cause TrustCo’s actual financial performance to differ materially from that expressed in any forward-looking statement: future changes in interest rates; ongoing inflationary pressures and continued elevated prices; exposure to credit risk in our lending activities; our increasing commercial loan portfolio; the sufficiency of our allowance for credit losses on loans to cover actual loan losses; our ability to meet the cash flow requirements of our depositors or borrowers or meet our operating cash needs to fund corporate expansion and other activities; claims and litigation pertaining to fiduciary responsibility and lender liability; our dependency upon the services of the management team; our disclosure controls and procedures’ ability to prevent or detect errors or acts of fraud; the adequacy of our business continuity and disaster recovery plans; the effectiveness of our risk management framework; the impact of any expansion by us into new lines of business or new products and services; the impact of severe weather events and climate change on us and the communities we serve, including societal responses to climate change; increasing scrutiny and evolving expectations from customers, regulators, investors, and other stakeholders with respect to our environmental, social and governance practices; the chance of a prolonged economic downturn, especially one affecting our geographic market area; instability in global economic conditions and geopolitical matters, as well as volatility in financial markets; the soundness of other financial institutions; U.S. government shutdowns, credit rating downgrades, or failure to increase the debt ceiling; fluctuations in the trust wealth management fees we receive as a result of investment performance; the impact of regulatory capital rules on our growth; changes in laws and regulations, including changes in cybersecurity or privacy regulations; restrictions on data collection and use; our compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, and other laws and regulations that could result in material fines or sanctions; changes in tax laws; limitations on our ability to pay dividends; TrustCo Realty Corp.’s ability to qualify as a real estate investment trust; changes in accounting standards; competition within our market areas; consumers and businesses’ use of non-banks to complete financial transactions; our reliance on third-party service providers; the impact of data breaches and cyber-attacks; the impact of a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of third parties; the impact of an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential client or customer information; the impact of interruptions in the effective operation of our computer systems; the impact of anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents; the impact of the manner in which we allocate capital; and other risks and uncertainties under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and, if any, in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or other securities filings. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent TrustCo management’s judgment as of the date of this news release. TrustCo disclaims, however, any intent or obligation to update forward-looking statements, either as a result of future developments, new information or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

     
    TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY
    GLENVILLE, NY
             
    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
             
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
        Three months ended        
        9/30/2024   6/30/2024   9/30/2023        
    Summary of operations                    
    Net interest income   $ 38,671     $ 37,788     $ 42,221              
    Provision for credit losses     500       500       100          
    Net gains on equity securities     23       1,360       –          
    Noninterest income, excluding net gains on equity securities     4,908       4,291       4,574          
    Noninterest expense     26,200       26,459       27,460          
    Net income     12,875       12,551       14,680          
                         
    Per share                    
    Net income per share:                    
    – Basic   $ 0.68     $ 0.66     $ 0.77          
    – Diluted     0.68       0.66       0.77          
    Cash dividends     0.36       0.36       0.36          
    Book value at period end     35.19       34.46       32.80              
    Market price at period end     33.07       28.77       27.29          
                         
    At period end                    
    Full time equivalent employees     735       753       764          
    Full service banking offices     138       138       143          
                         
    Performance ratios                    
    Return on average assets     0.84   %   0.82   %   0.96   %      
    Return on average equity     7.74       7.76       9.32          
    Efficiency ratio (1)     59.65       62.84       58.33          
    Net interest spread     2.17       2.09       2.55          
    Net interest margin     2.61       2.53       2.85          
    Dividend payout ratio     53.16       54.57       46.65              
                             
    Capital ratios at period end                        
    Consolidated equity to assets     10.95   %   10.73   %   10.31   %          
    Consolidated tangible equity to tangible assets (2)     10.94   %   10.72   %   10.30   %      
                         
    Asset quality analysis at period end                    
    Nonperforming loans to total loans     0.38   %   0.38   %   0.36   %      
    Nonperforming assets to total assets     0.36       0.35       0.31          
    Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans     0.99       0.99       0.95          
    Coverage ratio (3)   2.6x   2.6x   2.6x        
                         
                         
    (1) Non-GAAP measure; calculated as noninterest expense (excluding ORE expense) divided by taxable equivalent net interest income plus noninterest income (excluding net gains on equity securities).
    See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
    (2) Non-GAAP measure; calculated as total shareholders’ equity less $553 of intangible assets divided by total assets less $553 of intangible assets. See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
    (3) Calculated as allowance for credit losses on loans divided by total nonperforming loans.
                         
                         
    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, Continued
               
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
        Nine Months Ended            
        09/30/24   09/30/23            
    Summary of operations                    
    Net interest income $   113,037       133,238              
    Provision (Credit) for credit losses     1,600       (100 )            
    Net gains on equity securities     1,383       –              
    Noninterest income, excluding net gains on equity securities     14,042       13,841              
    Noninterest expense     77,562       82,466              
    Net income     37,552       48,798              
                         
    Per share                    
    Net income per share:                    
    – Basic $   1.97       2.57              
    – Diluted     1.97       2.57              
    Cash dividends     1.08       1.08              
    Book value at period end     35.19       32.80              
    Market price at period end     33.07       27.29              
                         
    Performance ratios                    
    Return on average assets     0.82   %   1.08              
    Return on average equity     7.68       10.57                  
    Efficiency ratio (1)     60.80       55.70                  
    Net interest spread     2.08       2.78                  
    Net interest margin     2.52       3.01            
    Dividend payout ratio     54.70       42.11                  
                             
    (1) Non-GAAP measure; calculated as noninterest expense (excluding ORE expense) divided by taxable equivalent net interest income plus noninterest income (excluding net gains on equity securities).
    See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
                         
                         
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                         
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
        Three months ended
        9/30/2024   6/30/2024   3/31/2024   12/31/2023   9/30/2023
    Interest and dividend income:                    
    Interest and fees on loans   $ 52,112     $ 50,660     $ 49,804     $ 49,201     $ 47,921  
    Interest and dividends on securities available for sale:                    
    U. S. government sponsored enterprises     718       909       906       750       672  
    State and political subdivisions     –       1       –       1       –  
    Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage                    
    obligations – residential     1,397       1,451       1,494       1,533       1,485  
    Corporate bonds     361       362       476       477       473  
    Small Business Administration – guaranteed                    
    participation securities     90       94       100       102       107  
    Other securities     2       2       3       3       2  
    Total interest and dividends on securities available for sale     2,568       2,819       2,979       2,866       2,739  
                         
    Interest on held to maturity securities:                    
    Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage                    
    obligations – residential     62       65       68       70       73  
    Total interest on held to maturity securities     62       65       68       70       73  
                         
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock     153       147       152       149       131  
                         
    Interest on federal funds sold and other short-term investments     6,174       6,894       6,750       6,354       6,688  
    Total interest income     61,069       60,585       59,753       58,640       57,552  
                         
    Interest expense:                    
    Interest on deposits:                    
    Interest-bearing checking     311       288       240       165       102  
    Savings     770       675       712       707       639  
    Money market deposit accounts     2,154       2,228       2,342       2,500       2,384  
    Time deposits     18,969       19,400       19,677       16,460       11,962  
    Interest on short-term borrowings     194       206       204       201       244  
    Total interest expense     22,398       22,797       23,175       20,033       15,331  
                         
    Net interest income     38,671       37,788       36,578       38,607       42,221  
                         
    Less: Provision for credit losses     500       500       600       1,350       100  
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses     38,171       37,288       35,978       37,257       42,121  
                         
    Noninterest income:                    
    Trustco Financial Services income     2,044       1,609       1,816       1,612       1,627  
    Fees for services to customers     2,482       2,399       2,745       2,563       2,590  
    Net gains on equity securities     23       1,360       –       –       –  
    Other     382       283       282       299       357  
    Total noninterest income     4,931       5,651       4,843       4,474       4,574  
                         
    Noninterest expenses:                    
    Salaries and employee benefits     12,134       12,520       11,427       12,444       12,393  
    Net occupancy expense     4,271       4,375       4,611       4,209       4,358  
    Equipment expense     1,757       1,990       1,738       1,852       1,923  
    Professional services     1,863       1,570       1,460       1,561       1,717  
    Outsourced services     2,551       2,755       2,501       2,532       2,720  
    Advertising expense     339       466       408       384       586  
    FDIC and other insurance     1,112       797       1,094       1,085       1,078  
    Other real estate expense (income), net     204       16       74       (12 )     163  
    Other     1,969       1,970       1,590       4,776       2,522  
    Total noninterest expenses     26,200       26,459       24,903       28,831       27,460  
                         
    Income before taxes     16,902       16,480       15,918       12,900       19,235  
    Income taxes     4,027       3,929       3,792       3,052       4,555  
                         
    Net income   $ 12,875     $ 12,551     $ 12,126     $ 9,848     $ 14,680  
                         
    Net income per common share:                    
    – Basic   $ 0.68     $ 0.66     $ 0.64     $ 0.52     $ 0.77  
                         
    – Diluted     0.68       0.66       0.64       0.52       0.77  
                         
    Average basic shares (in thousands)     19,010       19,022       19,024       19,024       19,024  
    Average diluted shares (in thousands)     19,036       19,033       19,032       19,026       19,024  
                         
                         
                         
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME, Continued
               
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
    (Unaudited)
        Nine Months Ended            
        09/30/24   09/30/23            
    Interest and dividend income:                        
    Interest and fees on loans $   152,576       138,255                  
    Interest and dividends on securities available for sale:                        
    U. S. government sponsored enterprises     2,533       2,055                  
    State and political subdivisions     1       1                  
    Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage                        
    obligations – residential     4,342       4,613                  
    Corporate bonds     1,199       1,510                  
    Small Business Administration – guaranteed                        
    participation securities     284       335                  
    Other securities     7       7                  
    Total interest and dividends on securities available for sale     8,366       8,521                  
                         
    Interest on held to maturity securities:                    
    Mortgage-backed securities-residential     195       226                  
    Total interest on held to maturity securities     195       226                  
                         
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock     452       351                  
                         
    Interest on federal funds sold and other short-term investments     19,818       20,213                  
    Total interest income     181,407       167,566                  
                         
    Interest expense:                    
    Interest on deposits:                    
    Interest-bearing checking     839       217                  
    Savings     2,157       1,824                  
    Money market deposit accounts     6,724       4,954                  
    Time deposits     58,046       26,525                  
    Interest on short-term borrowings     604       808                  
    Total interest expense     68,370       34,328                  
                         
    Net interest income     113,037       133,238                  
                         
    Less: Provision (Credit) for credit losses     1,600       (100 )                
    Net interest income after provision (credit) for credit losses     111,437       133,338                  
                         
    Noninterest income:                    
    Trustco Financial Services income     5,469       4,813                  
    Fees for services to customers     7,626       8,085                  
    Net gains on equity securities     1,383       –                  
    Other     947       943                  
    Total noninterest income     15,425       13,841                  
                         
    Noninterest expenses:                    
    Salaries and employee benefits     36,081       38,798                  
    Net occupancy expense     13,257       13,218                  
    Equipment expense     5,485       5,758                  
    Professional services     4,893       4,684                  
    Outsourced services     7,807       7,507                  
    Advertising expense     1,213       1,494                  
    FDIC and other insurance     3,003       3,215                  
    Other real estate expense, net     294       536                  
    Other     5,529       7,256                  
    Total noninterest expenses     77,562       82,466                  
                         
    Income before taxes     49,300       64,713                  
    Income taxes     11,748       15,915                  
                         
    Net income $   37,552       48,798                      
                             
    Net income per common share:                    
    – Basic $   1.97       2.57              
                         
    – Diluted     1.97       2.57              
                         
    Average basic shares (in thousands)     19,019       19,024              
    Average diluted shares (in thousands)     19,034       19,024              
                         
                         
                         
                         
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
     
    (dollars in thousands)
    (Unaudited)
        9/30/2024   6/30/2024   3/31/2024   12/31/2023   9/30/2023
    ASSETS:                    
                         
    Cash and due from banks   $ 49,659     $ 42,193     $ 44,868     $ 49,274     $ 45,940  
    Federal funds sold and other short term investments     473,306       493,920       564,815       528,730       461,321  
    Total cash and cash equivalents     522,965       536,113       609,683       578,004       507,261  
                       
    Securities available for sale:                  
    U. S. government sponsored enterprises     90,588       106,796       128,854       118,668       121,474  
    States and political subdivisions     26       26       26       26       34  
    Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage                  
    obligations – residential     222,841       218,311       227,078       237,677       233,719  
    Small Business Administration – guaranteed                    
    participation securities     15,171       15,592       16,260       17,186       17,316  
    Corporate bonds     54,327       53,764       53,341       78,052       76,935  
    Other securities     701       688       682       680       657  
    Total securities available for sale     383,654       395,177       426,241       452,289       450,135  
                         
    Held to maturity securities:                    
    Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage                    
    obligations-residential     5,636       5,921       6,206       6,458       6,724  
    Total held to maturity securities     5,636       5,921       6,206       6,458       6,724  
                         
    Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock     6,507       6,507       6,203       6,203       6,203  
                       
    Loans:                  
    Commercial     280,261       282,441       279,092       273,515       268,642  
    Residential mortgage loans     4,382,674       4,370,640       4,354,369       4,365,063       4,343,006  
    Home equity line of credit     393,418       370,063       355,879       347,415       332,028  
    Installment loans     14,503       15,168       16,166       16,886       16,605  
    Loans, net of deferred net costs     5,070,856       5,038,312       5,005,506       5,002,879       4,960,281  
                       
    Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans     49,950       49,772       49,220       48,578       47,226  
    Net loans     5,020,906       4,988,540       4,956,286       4,954,301       4,913,055  
                         
    Bank premises and equipment, net     33,324       33,466       33,423       34,007       32,135  
    Operating lease right-of-use assets     37,958       38,376       39,647       40,542       41,475  
    Other assets     98,730       102,544       101,881       96,387       97,310  
                       
    Total assets   $ 6,109,680     $ 6,106,644     $ 6,179,570     $ 6,168,191     $ 6,054,298  
                       
    LIABILITIES:                  
    Deposits:                  
    Demand   $ 753,878     $ 745,227     $ 742,997     $ 754,532     $ 773,293  
    Interest-bearing checking     988,527       1,029,606       1,020,136       1,015,213       1,033,898  
    Savings accounts     1,092,038       1,144,427       1,155,517       1,179,241       1,235,658  
    Money market deposit accounts     477,113       517,445       532,611       565,767       610,012  
    Time deposits     1,952,635       1,840,262       1,903,908       1,836,024       1,581,504  
    Total deposits     5,264,191       5,276,967       5,355,169       5,350,777       5,234,365  
                       
    Short-term borrowings     91,450       89,720       94,374       88,990       103,110  
    Operating lease liabilities     41,469       42,026       43,438       44,471       45,418  
    Accrued expenses and other liabilities     43,549       42,763       37,399       38,668       47,479  
                       
    Total liabilities     5,440,659       5,451,476       5,530,380       5,522,906       5,430,372  
                       
    SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                  
    Capital stock     20,058       20,058       20,058       20,058       20,058  
    Surplus     257,644       257,490       257,335       257,181       257,078  
    Undivided profits     442,079       436,048       430,346       425,069       422,082  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax     (6,600 )     (14,268 )     (14,763 )     (13,237 )     (31,506 )
    Treasury stock at cost     (44,160 )     (44,160 )     (43,786 )     (43,786 )     (43,786 )
                       
    Total shareholders’ equity     669,021       655,168       649,190       645,285       623,926  
                         
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 6,109,680     $ 6,106,644     $ 6,179,570     $ 6,168,191     $ 6,054,298  
                         
    Outstanding shares (in thousands)     19,010       19,010       19,024       19,024       19,024  
                         
     
    NONPERFORMING ASSETS
                 
    (dollars in thousands)
    (Unaudited)
        9/30/2024 6/30/2024 3/31/2024 12/31/2023 9/30/2023
    Nonperforming Assets            
                 
    New York and other states*            
    Loans in nonaccrual status:            
    Commercial   $ 466   $ 741   $ 532   $ 536   $ 540  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     15,320     14,992     14,359     14,375     14,633  
    Installment     163     131     149     151     93  
    Total non-accrual loans     15,949     15,864     15,040     15,062     15,266  
    Other nonperforming real estate mortgages – 1 to 4 family     –     –     –     3     5  
    Total nonperforming loans     15,949     15,864     15,040     15,065     15,271  
    Other real estate owned     2,503     2,334     2,334     194     1,185  
    Total nonperforming assets   $ 18,452   $ 18,198   $ 17,374   $ 15,259   $ 16,456  
                 
    Florida            
    Loans in nonaccrual status:            
    Commercial   $ 314   $ 314   $ 314   $ 314   $ 314  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     3,176     2,985     2,921     2,272     2,228  
    Installment     5     22     –     15     65  
    Total non-accrual loans     3,495     3,321     3,235     2,601     2,607  
    Other nonperforming real estate mortgages – 1 to 4 family     –     –     –     –     –  
    Total nonperforming loans     3,495     3,321     3,235     2,601     2,607  
    Other real estate owned     –     –     –     –     –  
    Total nonperforming assets   $ 3,495   $ 3,321   $ 3,235   $ 2,601   $ 2,607  
                 
    Total            
    Loans in nonaccrual status:            
    Commercial   $ 780   $ 1,055   $ 846   $ 850   $ 854  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     18,496     17,977     17,280     16,647     16,861  
    Installment     168     153     149     166     158  
    Total non-accrual loans     19,444     19,185     18,275     17,663     17,873  
    Other nonperforming real estate mortgages – 1 to 4 family     –     –     –     3     5  
    Total nonperforming loans     19,444     19,185     18,275     17,666     17,878  
    Other real estate owned     2,503     2,334     2,334     194     1,185  
    Total nonperforming assets   $ 21,947   $ 21,519   $ 20,609   $ 17,860   $ 19,063  
                 
                 
    Quarterly Net (Recoveries) Chargeoffs            
                 
    New York and other states*            
    Commercial   $ 65   $ –   $ –   $ –   $ –  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     104     (74 )   (78 )   219     (26 )
    Installment     11     (2 )   36     23     14  
    Total net (recoveries) chargeoffs   $ 180   $ (76 ) $ (42 ) $ 242   $ (12 )
                 
    Florida            
    Commercial   $ –   $ –   $ –   $ –   $ –  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     –     17     –     –     –  
    Installment     42     7     –     6     –  
    Total net (recoveries) chargeoffs   $ 42   $ 24   $ –   $ 6   $ –  
                 
    Total            
    Commercial   $ 65   $ –   $ –   $ –   $ –  
    Real estate mortgage – 1 to 4 family     104     (57 )   (78 )   219     (26 )
    Installment     53     5     36     29     14  
    Total net (recoveries) chargeoffs   $ 222   $ (52 ) $ (42 ) $ 248   $ (12 )
                 
                 
    Asset Quality Ratios            
                 
    Total nonperforming loans (1)   $ 19,444   $ 19,185   $ 18,275   $ 17,666   $ 17,878  
    Total nonperforming assets (1)     21,947     21,519     20,609     17,860     19,063  
    Total net (recoveries) chargeoffs (2)     222     (52 )   (42 )   248     (12 )
                 
    Allowance for credit losses on loans (1)     49,950     49,772     49,220     48,578     47,226  
                 
    Nonperforming loans to total loans     0.38 %   0.38 %   0.37 %   0.35 %   0.36 %
    Nonperforming assets to total assets     0.36 %   0.35 %   0.33 %   0.29 %   0.31 %
    Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans     0.99 %   0.99 %   0.98 %   0.97 %   0.95 %
    Coverage ratio (1)     256.9 %   259.4 %   269.3 %   275.0 %   264.2 %
    Annualized net (recoveries) chargeoffs to average loans (2)     0.02 %   0.00 %   0.00 %   0.02 %   0.00 %
    Allowance for credit losses on loans to annualized net chargeoffs (2)   56.3x N/A N/A 49.0x N/A
     
    * Includes New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts.
    (1) At period-end
    (2) For the three-month period ended
                 
     
    DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY –
    INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST DIFFERENTIAL
     
    (dollars in thousands)                        
    (Unaudited)   Three months ended     Three months ended  
        September 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
        Average   Interest Average     Average   Interest Average  
        Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
    Assets                        
                             
    Securities available for sale:                        
    U. S. government sponsored enterprises   $ 95,073     $ 718 3.02 %   $ 119,406     $ 672 2.25 %
    Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage                        
    obligations – residential     241,792       1,397 2.29       269,535       1,485 2.19  
    State and political subdivisions     26       – 6.75       34       – 6.74  
    Corporate bonds     55,041       361 2.63       80,331       473 2.36  
    Small Business Administration – guaranteed                        
    participation securities     16,663       90 2.15       19,801       107 2.15  
    Other     701       2 1.14       686       2 1.17  
                             
    Total securities available for sale     409,296       2,568 2.51       489,793       2,739 2.24  
                             
    Federal funds sold and other short-term Investments     465,922       6,174 5.27       494,597       6,688 5.37  
                             
    Held to maturity securities:                        
    Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage                        
    obligations – residential     5,779       62 4.29       6,877       73 4.22  
                             
    Total held to maturity securities     5,779       62 4.29       6,877       73 4.22  
                             
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock     6,507       153 9.41       6,203       131 8.45  
                             
    Commercial loans     279,199       3,807 5.45       261,061       3,398 5.21  
    Residential mortgage loans     4,375,641       41,811 3.82       4,325,219       39,321 3.64  
    Home equity lines of credit     380,422       6,245 6.53       320,446       4,946 6.12  
    Installment loans     14,443       249 6.87       15,959       256 6.37  
                             
    Loans, net of unearned income     5,049,705       52,112 4.12       4,922,685       47,921 3.89  
                             
    Total interest earning assets     5,937,209     $ 61,069 4.11       5,920,155     $ 57,552 3.88  
                             
    Allowance for credit losses on loans     (49,973 )             (47,077 )        
    Cash & non-interest earning assets     187,166               172,523          
                             
                             
    Total assets   $ 6,074,402             $ 6,045,601          
                             
                             
    Liabilities and shareholders’ equity                        
                             
    Deposits:                        
    Interest bearing checking accounts   $ 1,000,333     $ 311 0.12 %   $ 1,050,313     $ 102 0.04 %
    Money market accounts     499,408       2,154 1.72       625,031       2,384 1.51  
    Savings     1,122,673       770 0.27       1,282,641       639 0.20  
    Time deposits     1,880,021       18,969 4.01       1,494,402       11,962 3.18  
                             
    Total interest bearing deposits     4,502,435       22,204 1.96       4,452,387       15,087 1.34  
    Short-term borrowings     87,677       194 0.88       110,018       244 0.88  
                             
    Total interest bearing liabilities     4,590,112     $ 22,398 1.94       4,562,405     $ 15,331 1.33  
                             
    Demand deposits     742,164               776,885          
    Other liabilities     80,502               81,411          
    Shareholders’ equity     661,624               624,900          
                             
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 6,074,402             $ 6,045,601          
                             
    Net interest income, GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)       $ 38,671           $ 42,221    
                             
    Net interest spread, GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)         2.17 %         2.55 %
                             
                             
    Net interest margin (net interest income to                        
    total interest earning assets), GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)       2.61 %         2.85 %
                             
    Tax equivalent adjustment (1)         –             –    
                             
                             
    Net interest income       $ 38,671           $ 42,221    
                             
    (1) Tax equivalent adjustment to a measure results in a non-GAAP financial measure. See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
                             
                             
                             
    DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY –
    INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST DIFFERENTIAL, Continued
                             
    (dollars in thousands)                        
    (Unaudited)   Nine Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
        September 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
        Average   Interest Average     Average   Interest Average  
        Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
    Assets                        
                             
    Securities available for sale:                        
    U. S. government sponsored enterprises $   111,570       2,533 3.03 % $   120,243       2,055 2.28 %
    Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage                        
    obligations – residential     250,343       4,342 2.31       278,252       4,613 2.21  
    State and political subdivisions     26       1 6.80       34       1 6.74  
    Corporate bonds     61,221       1,199 2.61       83,732       1,510 2.41  
    Small Business Administration – guaranteed                        
    participation securities     17,438       284 2.17       20,876       335 2.14  
    Other     697       7 1.34       686       7 1.02  
                             
    Total securities available for sale     441,295       8,366 2.53       503,823       8,521 1.69  
                             
    Federal funds sold and other short-term Investments     489,934       19,818 5.40       540,570       20,213 5.00  
                             
    Held to maturity securities:                        
    Mortgage backed securities and collateralized mortgage                        
    obligations – residential     6,053       195 4.29       7,205       226 4.18  
                             
    Total held to maturity securities     6,053       195 4.29       7,205       226 4.18  
                             
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock     6,350       452 9.49       5,957       351 5.89  
                             
    Commercial loans     278,981       11,232 5.37       249,738       9,716 5.19  
    Residential mortgage loans     4,364,821       123,046 3.76       4,269,494       114,227 3.57  
    Home equity lines of credit     365,932       17,522 6.40       305,075       13,598 5.96  
    Installment loans     15,319       776 6.76       15,015       714 6.35  
                             
    Loans, net of unearned income     5,025,053       152,576 4.05       4,839,322       138,255 3.81  
                             
    Total interest earning assets     5,968,685       181,407 4.05       5,896,877       167,566 3.79  
                             
    Allowance for credit losses on loans     (49,419 )             (46,812 )        
    Cash & non-interest earning assets     187,963               173,521          
                             
                             
    Total assets $   6,107,229           $   6,023,586          
                             
                             
    Liabilities and shareholders’ equity                        
                             
    Deposits:                        
    Interest bearing checking accounts $   999,839       839 0.11 % $   1,088,859       217 0.03 %
    Money market accounts     522,636       6,724 1.72       613,119       4,954 1.08  
    Savings     1,142,313       2,157 0.25       1,363,052       1,824 0.18  
    Time deposits     1,881,027       58,046 4.12       1,343,762       26,525 2.64  
                             
    Total interest bearing deposits     4,545,815       67,766 1.99       4,408,792       33,520 1.02  
    Short-term borrowings     91,551       604 0.88       121,911       808 0.89  
                             
    Total interest bearing liabilities     4,637,366       68,370 1.97       4,530,703       34,328 1.01  
                             
    Demand deposits     734,604               793,890          
    Other liabilities     82,233               81,771          
    Shareholders’ equity     653,026               617,224          
                             
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $   6,107,229           $   6,023,588          
                             
    Net interest income, GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)         113,037             133,238    
                             
    Net interest spread, GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)         2.08 %         2.78 %
                             
                             
    Net interest margin (net interest income to                        
    total interest earning assets), GAAP and non-GAAP tax equivalent (1)       2.52 %         3.01 %
                             
    Tax equivalent adjustment (1)         –             –    
                             
                             
    Net interest income         113,037             133,238    
                             
    (1) Tax equivalent adjustment to a measure results in a non-GAAP financial measure. See Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation.
                             

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation

    Tangible book value per share is a non-GAAP financial measure derived from GAAP-based amounts. We calculate tangible book value by excluding the balance of intangible assets from total shareholders’ equity divided by shares outstanding. We believe that this is consistent with the treatment by bank regulatory agencies, which exclude intangible assets from the calculation of risk-based capital ratios. Additionally, we believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in relative changes from period to period in equity exclusive of changes in intangible assets.

    Tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets at period end is a non-GAAP financial measure derived from GAAP-based amounts. We calculate tangible equity and tangible assets by excluding the balance of intangible assets from total shareholders’ equity and total assets, respectively. We calculate tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets at period end by dividing tangible equity by tangible assets at period end. We believe that this is consistent with the treatment by bank regulatory agencies, which exclude intangible assets from the calculation of risk-based capital ratios. Additionally, we believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in relative changes from period to period in equity and total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets.

    Net interest income is commonly presented on a taxable equivalent basis. That is, to the extent that some component of the institution’s net interest income will be exempt from taxation (e.g., was received by the institution as a result of its holdings of state or municipal obligations), an amount equal to the tax benefit derived from that component is added back to the net interest income total. Management considers this adjustment helpful to investors in comparing one financial institution’s net interest income (pre- tax) to that of another institution, as each will have a different proportion of tax-exempt items in their portfolios. Moreover, net interest income is itself a component of another financial measure commonly used by financial institutions, net interest margin, which is the ratio of net interest income to average interest earning assets. Additionally, management and many financial institutions also present net interest spread, which is the average yield on interest earning assets minus the average rate paid on interest bearing liabilities. For purposes of these measures as well, taxable equivalent net interest income is generally used by financial institutions, again to provide investors with a better basis of comparison from institution to institution. We calculate taxable equivalent net interest margin by dividing net interest income, adjusted to include the benefit of non-taxable interest income, by average interest earning assets. We calculate taxable equivalent net interest spread as the difference between average yield on interest earning assets, adjusted to include the benefit of non-taxable interest income, and the average rate paid on interest bearing liabilities.

    The efficiency ratio is a non-GAAP measure of expense control relative to revenue from net interest income and non-interest fee income. We calculate the efficiency ratio by dividing total noninterest expenses as determined under GAAP, excluding other real estate expense, net, by net interest income (fully taxable equivalent) and total noninterest income as determined under GAAP, excluding net gains on equity securities. We believe that this provides a reasonable measure of primary banking expenses relative to primary banking revenue. Additionally, we believe this measure is important to investors looking for a measure of efficiency in our productivity measured by the amount of revenue generated for each dollar spent.

    We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide information that is important to investors and that is useful in understanding our financial results. Our management internally assesses our performance based, in part, on these measures. However, these non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental and not a substitute for an analysis based on GAAP measures. As other companies may use different calculations for these measures, this presentation may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures of tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets, and efficiency ratio to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is set forth below. We have not presented a reconciliation of taxable equivalent net interest income, taxable equivalent net interest margin or taxable equivalent net interest spread to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, as there was no difference between the taxable equivalent measure and comparable GAAP measure for any period presented in this release.

     
    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES RECONCILIATION
                   
    (dollars in thousands)              
    (Unaudited)              
        9/30/2024 6/30/2024 9/30/2023      
    Tangible Book Value Per Share              
                   
    Equity (GAAP)   $ 669,021   $ 655,168   $ 623,926        
    Less: Intangible assets     553     553     553        
    Tangible equity (Non-GAAP)   $ 668,468   $ 654,615   $ 623,373        
                   
    Shares outstanding     19,010     19,010     19,024        
    Tangible book value per share     35.16     34.44     32.77        
    Book value per share     35.19     34.46     32.80        
                   
    Tangible Equity to Tangible Assets              
    Total Assets (GAAP)   $ 6,109,680   $ 6,106,644   $ 6,054,298        
    Less: Intangible assets     553     553     553        
    Tangible assets (Non-GAAP)   $ 6,109,127   $ 6,106,091   $ 6,053,745        
                   
    Tangible Equity to Tangible Assets (Non-GAAP)     10.94 %   10.72 %   10.30 %      
    Equity to Assets (GAAP)     10.95 %   10.73 %   10.31 %      
                   
        Three months ended   Nine Months Ended
    Efficiency Ratio   9/30/2024 6/30/2024 9/30/2023   9/30/2024 9/30/2023
                   
    Net interest income (GAAP)   $ 38,671   $ 37,788   $ 42,221     $ 113,037   $ 133,238  
    Taxable equivalent adjustment     –     –     –       –     –  
    Net interest income (fully taxable equivalent) (Non-GAAP)     38,671     37,788     42,221       113,037     133,238  
    Non-interest income (GAAP)     4,931     5,651     4,574       15,425     13,841  
    Less: Net gains on equity securities     23     1,360     –       1,383     –  
    Revenue used for efficiency ratio (Non-GAAP)   $ 43,579   $ 42,079   $ 46,795     $ 127,079   $ 147,079  
                   
    Total noninterest expense (GAAP)   $ 26,200   $ 26,459   $ 27,460     $ 77,562   $ 82,466  
    Less: Other real estate expense, net     204     16     163       294     536  
    Expense used for efficiency ratio (Non-GAAP)   $ 25,996   $ 26,443   $ 27,297     $ 77,268   $ 81,930  
                   
    Efficiency Ratio     59.65 %   62.84 %   58.33 %     60.80 %   55.70 %
                   
       
    Subsidiary: Trustco Bank
       
    Contact: Robert Leonard
    Executive Vice President
    (518) 381-3693

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  • MIL-OSI: RBB Bancorp Reports Third Quarter 2024 Earnings and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.16 Per Common Share

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) and its subsidiaries, Royal Business Bank (the “Bank”) and RBB Asset Management Company (“RAM”), collectively referred to herein as “the Company,” announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

    Third Quarter 2024 Highlights

    • Net income totaled $7.0 million, or $ 0.39 diluted earnings per share
    • Return on average assets of 0.72%, compared to 0.76% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024
    • Net interest margin of 2.68% compared to 2.67% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024
    • Repurchased 508,275 shares of common stock for $11.0 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2024, and completed the authorized program
    • Book value and tangible book value per share(1) increased to $28.81 and $24.64 at September 30, 2024, up from $28.12 and $24.06 at June 30, 2024

    The Company reported net income of $7.0 million, or $ 0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $7.2 million, or $ 0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. 

    “Loans increased at a 6% annualized rate in the third quarter as our work to expand lending and deposit relationships began to deliver results,” said David Morris, Chief Executive Officer of RBB Bancorp. “Net interest margin increased slightly, and we are optimistic that it will continue to expand from here.  We continue to work through our non-performing loans and believe we will be able to resolve the majority of them by mid-2025.”

    “The team has done an excellent job building on the Bank’s reputation as one of the premier Asian-centric financial institutions,” said Christina Kao, Chair of the Board of Directors. “Returning the Bank to growth has been a priority for the Board of Directors as we believe it will enhance long-term shareholder value.”

    (1) Reconciliations of the non–U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures included at the end of this press release.

    Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

    Net interest income was $24.5 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $24.0 million for the second quarter of 2024. The $580,000 increase was due to an increase in interest income of $1.5 million offset by an increase in interest expense of $959,000. The increase in interest income was due mostly to higher interest income on loans held for investment (“HFI”) of $2.0 million, partially offset by lower interest income on investment securities of $504,000. The increase in loan interest income was mostly due to higher average loans HFI of $54.4 million combined with a 9 basis point increase in the HFI loan yield. The decrease in investment income was attributed to lower average balances and a lower portfolio yield as proceeds from maturing short-term commercial paper were invested into loans and interest-earning cash. The increase in interest expense was due to higher average interest-bearing deposits of $42.3 million in the third quarter of 2024.

    Net interest margin (“NIM”) was 2.68% for the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 1 basis point from 2.67% for the second quarter of 2024. The increase was due to a 5 basis point increase in the yield on average interest-earning assets, partially offset by a 3 basis point increase in the overall cost of funds. The yield on average interest-earning assets increased to 5.94% for the third quarter of 2024 from 5.89% for the second quarter of 2024 due mainly to a 9 basis point increase in the yield on average loans HFI to 6.13% for the third quarter of 2024. The increase in the loan yield was largely attributed to nonaccrual loan activity in the current and prior quarter, including both the recapture of interest income for fully paid off nonaccrual loans and reversals of interest income for loans migrating to nonaccrual status. Such activity increased the third quarter loan yield by 1 basis point and decreased the second quarter loan yield by 7 basis points. Average loans represented 84% of average interest-earning assets in the third quarter of 2024, unchanged from the second quarter of 2024.

    The overall cost of funds increased to 3.57% in the third quarter of 2024 from 3.54% in the second quarter of 2024 due to a higher average cost of interest-bearing deposits in the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the second quarter of 2024. The overall funding mix remained relatively unchanged from the second quarter of 2024 as the ratio of average noninterest-bearing deposits to average total funding sources remained relatively unchanged at 16% for the third and second quarters of 2024. The all-in spot rate for total deposits was 3.53% at September 30, 2024.

    Provision for Credit Losses

    The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $557,000 for the second quarter of 2024. The third quarter provision took into consideration factors including changes in the loan portfolio mix, higher specific reserves, the outlook for economic conditions and market interest rates, and credit quality metrics, including higher nonperforming, special mention and substandard loans at the end of the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the end of the second quarter of 2024.

    Noninterest Income

    Noninterest income for the third quarter of 2024 was $5.7 million, an increase of $2.3 million from $3.5 million for the second quarter of 2024. This increase was mostly due to a $2.8 million recovery of a fully charged off loan, which had been acquired in a bank acquisition (included in other income), partially offset by lower net gain on other real estate owned (“OREO”) of $292,000. 

    Noninterest Expense

    Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2024 was $17.4 million, an increase of $297,000 from $17.1 million for the second quarter of 2024. This increase was due to higher salaries and employee benefits expense of $475,000 due in part to higher loan production and higher other expenses of $304,000 due to higher loan related expense. These increases were partially offset by lower insurance and regulatory assessments of $323,000 and lower legal and professional expenses of $302,000, the latter being due to reimbursed legal costs from nonaccrual loan payoffs. The annualized noninterest expenses to average assets ratio was 1.78% for the third quarter of 2024, down from 1.79% for the second quarter of 2024. The efficiency ratio was 57.51% for the third quarter of 2024, down from 62.38% for the second quarter of 2024 due mostly to higher noninterest income.

    Income Taxes

    The effective tax rate was 26.9% for the third quarter of 2024 and 25.9% for the second quarter of 2024. The effective tax rate for 2024 is estimated to range between 26.0% and 28.0%.

    Balance Sheet

    At September 30, 2024, total assets were $4.0 billion, a $122.3 million increase compared to June 30, 2024, and a $78.9 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023.

    Loan and Securities Portfolio

    Loans HFI totaled $3.1 billion as of September 30, 2024, an increase of $44.2 million compared to June 30, 2024 and a $29.1 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023. The increase from June 30, 2024 was primarily due to a $62.5 million increase in commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans, a $5.6 million increase in single-family residential (“SFR”) mortgages and a $2.2 million increase in commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans, partially offset by a $22.3 million decrease in construction and land development (“C&D”) loans and a $2.2 million decrease in Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans. The loan to deposit ratio was 98.6% at September 30, 2024, compared to 99.4% at June 30, 2024 and 97.6% at September 30, 2023. 

    As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale securities totaled $305.7 million, a decrease of $19.9 million from June 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, net unrealized losses totaled $23.2 million, a $6.9 million decrease due to decreases in market interest rates, when compared to net unrealized losses as of June 30, 2024.

    Deposits

    Total deposits were $3.1 billion as of September 30, 2024, a $68.6 million increase compared to June 30, 2024 and a $61.9 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023. The increase during the third quarter of 2024 was due to an increase in interest-bearing deposits, while noninterest-bearing deposits remained relatively stable at $543.6 million as of September 30, 2024 compared to $543.0 million as of June 30, 2024. The increase in interest-bearing deposits included an increase in time deposits of $49.6 million and an increase in non-maturity deposits of $18.3 million. The increase in time deposits included a $26.6 million increase in wholesale deposits (brokered deposits, collateralized State of California certificates of deposit and deposits acquired through internet listing services). Wholesale deposits totaled $147.3 million at September 30, 2024, and $120.7 million at June 30, 2024. Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 17.6% of total deposits at September 30, 2024 compared to 18.0% at June 30, 2024.

    Credit Quality

    Nonperforming assets totaled $60.7 million, or 1.52% of total assets, at September 30, 2024, compared to $54.6 million, or 1.41% of total assets, at June 30, 2024. The $6.1 million increase in nonperforming assets was mostly due to two loans that migrated to nonaccrual totaling $13.3 million and consisted of a C&D loan and a CRE loan, offset by $6.1 million in payoffs with no losses and $1.2 million in partial charge-offs of nonaccrual loans.

    Special mention loans totaled $77.5 million, or 2.51% of total loans, at September 30, 2024, compared to $19.5 million, or 0.64% of total loans, at June 30, 2024. The $58.0 million increase was primarily due to one $43.6 million C&D loan for a completed hotel construction project, CRE loans totaling $25.2 million and C&I loans totaling $1.2 million. The increase was partially offset by one $11.7 million C&D loan, which migrated from special mention to substandard during the third quarter of 2024. All special mention loans, including the $11.7 million C&D loan which migrated to substandard rating, are all paying current.

    Substandard loans totaled $79.8 million, or 2.58% of total loans, at September 30, 2024, compared to $63.1 million, or 2.07% of total loans, at June 30, 2024. The $16.8 million increase was primarily due to downgrades of two C&D loans totaling $21.7 million and one $3.3 million CRE loan, offset by loan payoffs of $6.7 million and charge-offs of $1.2 million. Of the substandard loans at September 30, 2024, there are  $19.2 million which are paying current.

    30-89 day delinquent loans, excluding nonperforming loans, decreased $645,000 to $10.6 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to $11.3 million as of June 30, 2024. The decrease in past due loans was mostly due to 12 loans totaling $4.7 million that returned to current status and other decreases totaling $784,000, partially offset by new delinquent loans totaling $4.9 million, of which $4.1 million were 30 days past due.

    As of September 30, 2024, the allowance for credit losses totaled $44.5 million and was comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $43.7 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $779,000 (included in “Accrued interest and other liabilities”). This compares to the allowance for credit losses of $42.4 million comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $41.7 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $624,000 at June 30, 2024. The $2.1 million increase in the allowance for credit losses for the third quarter of 2024 was due to a $3.3 million provision for credit losses, including higher specific reserves of $2.5 million, offset by net charge-offs of $1.2 million. The increase in specific reserves and charge-offs in the third quarter of 2024 was primarily due to a decrease in the estimated fair value of collateral dependent loans, including estimated selling costs. Charge-offs in the third quarter of 2024 were related to one C&D loan and one CRE loan, which were written-down to their estimated fair value. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans HFI was 1.41% at September 30, 2024, compared to 1.37% at June 30, 2024. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans was 72% at September 30, 2024, a decrease from 76% at June 30, 2024. The decrease in the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans was due in part to an increase in individually evaluated loans, which required no allowance for loan losses.

        For the Three Months Ended
    September 30, 2024    		     For the Nine Months Ended
    September 30, 2024    		  
    (dollars in thousands)   Allowance for loan losses     Reserve for unfunded loan commitments     Allowance for credit losses     Allowance for loan losses     Reserve for unfunded loan commitments     Allowance for credit losses  
    Beginning balance   $ 41,741     $ 624     $ 42,365     $ 41,903     $ 640     $ 42,543  
    Provision for credit losses     3,145       155       3,300       3,718       139       3,857  
    Less loans charged-off     (1,210 )     —       (1,210 )     (1,991 )     —       (1,991 )
    Recoveries on loans charged-off     9       —       9       55       —       55  
    Ending balance   $ 43,685     $ 779     $ 44,464     $ 43,685     $ 779     $ 44,464  


    Shareholders’ Equity

    At September 30, 2024, total shareholders’ equity was $509.7 million, a $1.6 million decrease compared to June 30, 2024, and a $7.2 million increase compared to September 30, 2023. The decrease in shareholders’ equity for the third quarter of 2024 was due to common stock repurchases of $11.0 million and common stock cash dividends paid of $2.9 million, offset by net income of $7.0 million, lower net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities of $4.8 million and equity compensation activity of $528,000. Book value per share and tangible book value per share(1) increased to $28.81 and $24.64 at September 30, 2024, up from $28.12 and $24.06 at June 30, 2024.

    On February 29, 2024, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock. The repurchase program permitted shares to be repurchased in open market or private transactions, through block trades, and pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-8. The Company repurchased 508,275 shares at a weighted average share price of $21.53 during the third quarter of 2024 and completed the authorized program.

    Dividend Announcement

    The Board of Directors has declared a common stock cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, payable on November 12, 2024 to shareholders of record on October 31, 2024.

      Contact:
    Lynn Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer
      (213) 716-8066
      lhopkins@rbbusa.com

    (1) Reconciliations of the non–U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures included at the end of this press release.


    Corporate Overview

    RBB Bancorp is a community-based financial holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had total assets of $4.0 billion. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Royal Business Bank, is a full service commercial bank, which provides consumer and business banking services predominately to the Asian-centric communities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Ventura County in California, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan in New York, in Edison, New Jersey, in the Chicago neighborhoods of Chinatown and Bridgeport, Illinois, and on Oahu, Hawaii. Bank services include remote deposit, E-banking, mobile banking, commercial and investor real estate loans, business loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, SBA 7A and 504 loans, 1-4 single family residential loans, trade finance, a full range of depository account products and wealth management services. The Bank has nine branches in Los Angeles County, two branches in Ventura County, one branch in Orange County, California, one branch in Las Vegas, Nevada, three branches and one loan operation center in Brooklyn, three branches in Queens, one branch in Manhattan in New York, one branch in Edison, New Jersey, two branches in Chicago, Illinois, and one branch in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company’s administrative and lending center is located at 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90017, and its operations center is located at 7025 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, California 90621. The Company’s website address is www.royalbusinessbankusa.com.

    Conference Call

    Management will hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time/2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2024 financial results.

    To listen to the conference call, please dial 1-888-506-0062 or 1-973-528-0011, the Participant ID code is 392446, conference ID RBBQ324. A replay of the call will be made available at 1-877-481-4010 or 1-919-882-2331, the passcode is 51366, approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call and will remain available through November 5, 2024.

    The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast over the Internet; please visit our Royal Business Bank website at http://www.royalbusinessbankusa.com and click on the “Investors” tab to access the call from the site. This webcast will be recorded and available for replay on our website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call.

    Disclosure

    This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial disclosures for tangible common equity and tangible assets and adjusted earnings. The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operational performance and to enhance investors’ overall understanding of such financial performance. Please refer to the tables at the end of this release for a presentation of performance ratios in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the GAAP financial measures.

    Safe Harbor

    Certain matters set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) constitute forward-looking statements relating to the Company’s current business plans and expectations and our future financial position and operating results. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and/or achievements to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; the potential for additional material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting or other potential control deficiencies of which the Company is not currently aware or which have not been detected; business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry, nationally and within our current and future geographic markets, including the tight labor market, ineffective management of the United States (“U.S.”) federal budget or debt or turbulence or uncertainly in domestic or foreign financial markets; the strength of the U.S. economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations; adverse developments in the banking industry highlighted by high-profile bank failures and the potential impact of such developments on customer confidence, liquidity and regulatory responses to these developments; our ability to attract and retain deposits and access other sources of liquidity; possible additional provisions for credit losses and charge-offs; credit risks of lending activities and deterioration in asset or credit quality; extensive laws and regulations and supervision that we are subject to, including potential supervisory action by bank supervisory authorities; increased costs of compliance and other risks associated with changes in regulation, including any amendments to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and other money laundering statutes and regulations; potential goodwill impairment; liquidity risk; failure to comply with debt covenants;  fluctuations in interest rates; risks associated with acquisitions and the expansion of our business into new markets; inflation and deflation; real estate market conditions and the value of real estate collateral; the effects of having concentrations in our loan portfolio, including commercial real estate and the risks of geographic and industry concentrations; environmental liabilities; our ability to compete with larger competitors; our ability to retain key personnel; successful management of reputational risk; severe weather, natural disasters, earthquakes, fires; or other adverse external events could harm our business; geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the U.S. or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, including the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East, and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan, which could impact business and economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad; public health crises and pandemics, and their effects on the economic and business environments in which we operate, including our credit quality and business operations, as well as the impact on general economic and financial market conditions; general economic or business conditions in Asia, and other regions where the Bank has operations; failures, interruptions, or security breaches of our information systems; climate change, including any enhanced regulatory, compliance, credit and reputational risks and costs; cybersecurity threats and the cost of defending against them; our ability to adapt our systems to the expanding use of technology in banking; risk management processes and strategies; adverse results in legal proceedings; the impact of regulatory enforcement actions, if any; certain provisions in our charter and bylaws that may affect acquisition of the Company; changes in tax laws and regulations; the impact of governmental efforts to restructure the U.S. financial regulatory system; the impact of future or recent changes in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance assessment rate and the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessments; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices or accounting standards, as may be adopted from time-to-time by bank regulatory agencies, the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standards setters, including Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 (Topic 326, “Measurement of Current Losses on Financial Instruments, commonly referenced as the Current Expected Credit Losses Model, which changed how we estimate credit losses and may further increase the required level of our allowance for credit losses in future periods; market disruption and volatility; fluctuations in the Company’s stock price; restrictions on dividends and other distributions by laws and regulations and by our regulators and our capital structure; issuances of preferred stock; our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, and the potential resulting dilution of interests of holders of our common stock; the soundness of other financial institutions; our ongoing relations with our various federal and state regulators, including the SEC, FDIC, FRB and California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items and all other factors set forth in the Company’s public reports, including its Annual Report as filed under Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within that document. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law. Any statements about future operating results, such as those concerning accretion and dilution to the Company’s earnings or shareholders, are for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts, and actual results may differ.

    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
    (Unaudited)
    (Dollars in thousands)

    		  
        September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,     September 30,  
        2024     2024     2024     2023     2023  
    Assets                                        
    Cash and due from banks   $ 26,388     $ 23,313     $ 21,887     $ 22,671     $ 23,809  
    Interest-earning deposits with financial institutions     323,002       229,456       247,356       408,702       306,982  
    Cash and Cash Equivalents     349,390       252,769       269,243       431,373       330,791  
    Interest-earning time deposits with financial institutions     600       600       600       600       600  
    Investment securities available for sale     305,666       325,582       335,194       318,961       354,378  
    Investment securities held to maturity     5,195       5,200       5,204       5,209       5,214  
    Mortgage loans held for sale     812       3,146       3,903       1,911       62  
    Loans held for investment     3,091,896       3,047,712       3,027,361       3,031,861       3,120,952  
    Allowance for loan losses     (43,685 )     (41,741 )     (41,688 )     (41,903 )     (42,430 )
    Net loans held for investment     3,048,211       3,005,971       2,985,673       2,989,958       3,078,522  
    Premises and equipment, net     24,839       25,049       25,363       25,684       26,134  
    Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock     15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000  
    Cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance     59,889       59,486       59,101       58,719       58,346  
    Goodwill     71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498  
    Servicing assets     7,256       7,545       7,794       8,110       8,439  
    Core deposit intangibles     2,194       2,394       2,594       2,795       3,010  
    Right-of-use assets     29,283       30,530       31,231       29,803       29,949  
    Accrued interest and other assets     70,644       63,416       65,608       66,404       87,411  
    Total assets   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 3,878,006     $ 4,026,025     $ 4,069,354  
    Liabilities and shareholders’ equity                                        
    Deposits:                                        
    Noninterest-bearing demand   $ 543,623     $ 542,971     $ 539,517     $ 539,621     $ 572,393  
    Savings, NOW and money market accounts     666,089       647,770       642,840       632,729       608,020  
    Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,052,462       1,014,189       1,083,898       1,190,821       1,237,831  
    Time deposits, greater than $250,000     830,010       818,675       762,074       811,589       735,828  
    Total deposits     3,092,184       3,023,605       3,028,329       3,174,760       3,154,072  
    FHLB advances     200,000       150,000       150,000       150,000       150,000  
    Long-term debt, net of issuance costs     119,433       119,338       119,243       119,147       174,019  
    Subordinated debentures     15,102       15,047       14,993       14,938       14,884  
    Lease liabilities – operating leases     30,880       32,087       32,690       31,191       31,265  
    Accrued interest and other liabilities     23,150       16,818       18,765       24,729       42,603  
    Total liabilities     3,480,749       3,356,895       3,364,020       3,514,765       3,566,843  
    Shareholders’ equity:                                        
    Common Stock     259,280       266,160       271,645       271,925       277,462  
    Additional paid-in capital     3,520       3,456       3,348       3,623       3,579  
    Retained Earnings     262,946       262,518       259,903       255,152       247,159  
    Non-controlling interest     72       72       72       72       72  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net     (16,090 )     (20,915 )     (20,982 )     (19,512 )     (25,761 )
    Total shareholders’ equity     509,728       511,291       513,986       511,260       502,511  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 3,878,006     $ 4,026,025     $ 4,069,354  
    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
    (Unaudited)
    (In thousands, except share and per share data) 

    		  
        For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
        September 30,
    2024    		     June 30,
    2024    		     September 30,
    2023    		     September 30,
    2024    		     September 30,
    2023    		  
    Interest and dividend income:                                        
    Interest and fees on loans   $ 47,326     $ 45,320     $ 47,617     $ 138,193     $ 148,369  
    Interest on interest-earning deposits     3,388       3,353       3,193       11,781       6,096  
    Interest on investment securities     3,127       3,631       4,211       10,369       10,321  
    Dividend income on FHLB stock     326       327       290       984       814  
    Interest on federal funds sold and other     258       255       252       779       716  
    Total interest and dividend income     54,425       52,886       55,563       162,106       166,316  
    Interest expense:                                        
    Interest on savings deposits, NOW and money market accounts     5,193       4,953       3,106       14,624       8,180  
    Interest on time deposits     22,553       21,850       21,849       67,725       54,424  
    Interest on long-term debt and subordinated debentures     1,681       1,679       2,579       5,039       7,668  
    Interest on other borrowed funds     453       439       440       1,331       2,428  
    Total interest expense     29,880       28,921       27,974       88,719       72,700  
    Net interest income before provision for credit losses     24,545       23,965       27,589       73,387       93,616  
    Provision for credit losses     3,300       557       1,399       3,857       3,793  
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses     21,245       23,408       26,190       69,530       89,823  
    Noninterest income:                                        
    Service charges and fees     1,071       1,064       1,057       3,127       3,200  
    Gain on sale of loans     447       451       212       1,210       258  
    Loan servicing fees, net of amortization     605       579       623       1,773       1,959  
    Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance     402       385       356       1,169       1,036  
    Gain on OREO     —       292       190       1,016       190  
    Other income     3,221       717       332       4,311       982  
    Total noninterest income     5,746       3,488       2,770       12,606       7,625  
    Noninterest expense:                                        
    Salaries and employee benefits     10,008       9,533       9,744       29,468       28,935  
    Occupancy and equipment expenses     2,518       2,439       2,414       7,400       7,242  
    Data processing     1,472       1,466       1,315       4,358       3,969  
    Legal and professional     958       1,260       1,022       3,098       6,907  
    Office expenses     348       352       437       1,056       1,163  
    Marketing and business promotion     252       189       340       613       892  
    Insurance and regulatory assessments     658       981       730       2,621       2,043  
    Core deposit premium     200       201       236       602       708  
    Other expenses     1,007       703       638       2,298       2,445  
    Total noninterest expense     17,421       17,124       16,876       51,514       54,304  
    Income before income taxes     9,570       9,772       12,084       30,622       43,144  
    Income tax expense     2,571       2,527       3,611       8,342       12,752  
    Net income   $ 6,999     $ 7,245     $ 8,473     $ 22,280     $ 30,392  
                                             
    Net income per share                                        
    Basic   $ 0.39     $ 0.39     $ 0.45     $ 1.22     $ 1.60  
    Diluted   $ 0.39     $ 0.39     $ 0.45     $ 1.22     $ 1.60  
    Cash Dividends declared per common share   $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.48     $ 0.48  
    Weighted-average common shares outstanding                                        
    Basic     17,812,791       18,375,970       18,995,303       18,261,702       18,991,579  
    Diluted     17,885,359       18,406,897       18,997,304       18,313,086       19,013,838  
    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME
    (Unaudited)    		  
        For the Three Months Ended  
        September 30, 2024     June 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
    (tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)   Average
    Balance    		     Interest
     & Fees    		     Yield /
    Rate    		     Average
    Balance    		     Interest
    & Fees    		     Yield /
    Rate    		     Average
    Balance    		     Interest
    & Fees    		     Yield /
    Rate    		  
    Interest-earning assets                                                                        
    Cash and cash equivalents(1)   $ 260,205     $ 3,646       5.57 %   $ 255,973     $ 3,608       5.67 %   $ 270,484     $ 3,445       5.05 %
    FHLB Stock     15,000       326       8.65 %     15,000       327       8.77 %     15,000       290       7.67 %
    Securities                                                                        
    Available for sale(2)     298,948       3,105       4.13 %     318,240       3,608       4.56 %     369,459       4,187       4.50 %
    Held to maturity(2)     5,198       46       3.52 %     5,203       46       3.56 %     5,385       48       3.54 %
    Mortgage loans held for sale     1,165       23       7.85 %     3,032       57       7.56 %     739       13       6.98 %
    Loans held for investment:(3)                                                                        
    Real estate     2,888,528       43,495       5.99 %     2,828,339       41,590       5.91 %     2,968,246       43,583       5.83 %
    Commercial     179,885       3,808       8.42 %     185,679       3,673       7.96 %     187,140       4,021       8.52 %
    Total loans held for investment     3,068,413       47,303       6.13 %     3,014,018       45,263       6.04 %     3,155,386       47,604       5.99 %
    Total interest-earning assets     3,648,929     $ 54,449       5.94 %     3,611,466     $ 52,909       5.89 %     3,816,453     $ 55,587       5.78 %
    Total noninterest-earning assets     242,059                       240,016                       250,083                  
    Total average assets   $ 3,890,988                     $ 3,851,482                     $ 4,066,536                  
                                                                             
    Interest-bearing liabilities                                                                        
    NOW     55,757       277       1.98 %   $ 56,081     $ 276       1.98 %   $ 55,325     $ 201       1.44 %
    Money Market     439,936       4,093       3.70 %     431,559       3,877       3.61 %     403,300       2,656       2.61 %
    Saving deposits     164,515       823       1.99 %     164,913       800       1.95 %     123,709       249       0.80 %
    Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,037,365       12,312       4.72 %     1,049,666       12,360       4.74 %     1,285,320       14,090       4.35 %
    Time deposits, greater than $250,000     819,207       10,241       4.97 %     772,255       9,490       4.94 %     717,026       7,759       4.29 %
    Total interest-bearing deposits     2,516,780       27,746       4.39 %     2,474,474       26,803       4.36 %     2,584,680       24,955       3.83 %
    FHLB advances     150,543       453       1.20 %     150,000       439       1.18 %     150,000       440       1.16 %
    Long-term debt     119,370       1,295       4.32 %     119,275       1,296       4.37 %     173,923       2,194       5.00 %
    Subordinated debentures     15,066       386       10.19 %     15,011       383       10.26 %     14,848       385       10.29 %
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     2,801,759       29,880       4.24 %     2,758,760       28,921       4.22 %     2,923,451       27,974       3.80 %
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                                                        
    Noninterest-bearing deposits     528,081                       529,450                       571,371                  
    Other noninterest-bearing liabilities     52,428                       51,087                       67,282                  
    Total noninterest-bearing liabilities     580,509                       580,537                       638,653                  
    Shareholders’ equity     508,720                       512,185                       504,432                  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,890,988                     $ 3,851,482                     $ 4,066,536                  
    Net interest income / interest rate spreads           $ 24,569       1.70 %           $ 23,988       1.67 %           $ 27,613       1.98 %
    Net interest margin                     2.68 %                     2.67 %                     2.87 %
                                                                             
    Total cost of deposits   $ 3,044,861     $ 27,746       3.63 %   $ 3,003,924     $ 26,803       3.59 %   $ 3,156,051     $ 24,955       3.14 %
    Total cost of funds   $ 3,329,840     $ 29,880       3.57 %   $ 3,288,210     $ 28,921       3.54 %   $ 3,494,822     $ 27,974       3.18 %

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    (1) Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.
    (2) Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.
    (3) Average loan balances include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME
    (Unaudited)    		  
        For the Nine Months Ended  
        September 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
    (tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)   Average
    Balance    		     Interest
    & Fees    		     Yield /
    Rate    		     Average
    Balance    		     Interest
    & Fees    		     Yield /
    Rate    		  
    Interest-earning assets                                                
    Cash and cash equivalents(1)   $ 293,597     $ 12,560       5.71 %   $ 177,393     $ 6,812       5.13 %
    FHLB Stock     15,000       984       8.76 %     15,000       814       7.26 %
    Securities                                                
    Available for sale(2)     312,352       10,302       4.41 %     332,007       10,245       4.13 %
    Held to maturity(2)     5,203       140       3.59 %     5,610       151       3.60 %
    Mortgage loans held for sale     1,802       105       7.78 %     295       16       7.25 %
    Loans held for investment:(3)                                                
    Real estate     2,851,625       126,852       5.94 %     3,041,393       134,791       5.93 %
    Commercial     181,716       11,236       8.26 %     214,618       13,562       8.45 %
    Total loans held for investment     3,033,341       138,088       6.08 %     3,256,011       148,353       6.09 %
    Total interest-earning assets     3,661,295     $ 162,179       5.92 %     3,786,316     $ 166,391       5.88 %
    Total noninterest-earning assets     242,802                       244,822                  
    Total average assets   $ 3,904,097                     $ 4,031,138                  
                                                     
    Interest-bearing liabilities                                                
    NOW   $ 56,924       851       2.00 %   $ 59,476     $ 511       1.15 %
    Money Market     427,884       11,496       3.59 %     431,299       7,315       2.27 %
    Saving deposits     162,207       2,277       1.88 %     118,550       354       0.40 %
    Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,087,501       38,476       4.73 %     1,141,290       33,905       3.97 %
    Time deposits, greater than $250,000     792,310       29,249       4.93 %     729,699       20,519       3.76 %
    Total interest-bearing deposits     2,526,826       82,349       4.35 %     2,480,314       62,604       3.37 %
    FHLB advances     150,182       1,331       1.18 %     179,707       2,428       1.81 %
    Long-term debt     119,276       3,886       4.35 %     173,780       6,584       5.07 %
    Subordinated debentures     15,012       1,153       10.26 %     14,794       1,084       9.80 %
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     2,811,296       88,719       4.22 %     2,848,595       72,700       3.41 %
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                                
    Noninterest-bearing deposits     528,624                       624,781                  
    Other noninterest-bearing liabilities     52,955                       58,786                  
    Total noninterest-bearing liabilities     581,579                       683,567                  
    Shareholders’ equity     511,222                       498,976                  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,904,097                     $ 4,031,138                  
    Net interest income / interest rate spreads           $ 73,460       1.70 %           $ 93,691       2.47 %
    Net interest margin                     2.68 %                     3.31 %
                                                     
    Total cost of deposits   $ 3,055,450     $ 82,349       3.60 %   $ 3,105,095     $ 62,604       2.70 %
    Total cost of funds   $ 3,339,920     $ 88,719       3.55 %   $ 3,473,376     $ 72,700       2.80 %

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    (1) Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.
    (2) Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.
    (3) Average loan balances include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
    (Unaudited)
    		  
      At or for the Three Months Ended     At or for the Nine Months
    Ended September 30,    		  
      September 30,   June 30,     September 30,                  
        2024     2024     2023     2024     2023  
    Per share data (common stock)                                  
    Book value $ 28.81     $ 28.12     $ 26.45     $ 28.81     $ 26.45  
    Tangible book value(1) $ 24.64     $ 24.06     $ 22.53     $ 24.64     $ 22.53  
    Performance ratios                                  
    Return on average assets, annualized   0.72 %     0.76 %     0.83 %     0.76 %     1.01 %
    Return on average shareholders’ equity, annualized   5.47 %     5.69 %     6.66 %     5.82 %     8.14 %
    Return on average tangible common equity, annualized(1)   6.40 %     6.65 %     7.82 %     6.81 %     9.58 %
    Noninterest income to average assets, annualized   0.59 %     0.36 %     0.27 %     0.43 %     0.25 %
    Noninterest expense to average assets, annualized   1.78 %     1.79 %     1.65 %     1.76 %     1.80 %
    Yield on average earning assets   5.94 %     5.89 %     5.78 %     5.92 %     5.88 %
    Yield on average loans   6.13 %     6.04 %     5.99 %     6.08 %     6.09 %
    Cost of average total deposits(2)   3.63 %     3.59 %     3.14 %     3.60 %     2.70 %
    Cost of average interest-bearing deposits   4.39 %     4.36 %     3.83 %     4.35 %     3.37 %
    Cost of average interest-bearing liabilities   4.24 %     4.22 %     3.80 %     4.22 %     3.41 %
    Net interest spread   1.70 %     1.67 %     1.98 %     1.70 %     2.47 %
    Net interest margin   2.68 %     2.67 %     2.87 %     2.68 %     3.31 %
    Efficiency ratio(3)   57.51 %     62.38 %     55.59 %     59.90 %     53.64 %
    Common stock dividend payout ratio   41.03 %     41.03 %     35.56 %     39.34 %     30.00 %

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    (1) Non-GAAP measure. See Non–GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.
    (2) Total deposits include non-interest bearing deposits and interest-bearing deposits.
    (3) Ratio calculated by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income before provision for credit losses and noninterest income.

    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
    (Unaudited)
    (Dollars in thousands)    		  
        At or for the quarter ended  
        September 30,     June 30,     September 30,  
        2024     2024     2023  
    Credit Quality Data:                        
    Special mention loans   $ 77,501     $ 19,520     $ 31,212  
    Special mention loans to total loans     2.51 %     0.64 %     1.00 %
    Substandard loans   $ 79,831     $ 63,076     $ 71,401  
    Substandard loans to total loans     2.58 %     2.07 %     2.29 %
    Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans   $ 10,625     $ 11,270     $ 19,662  
    Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans, to total loans     0.34 %     0.37 %     0.63 %
    Nonperforming loans   $ 60,662     $ 54,589     $ 40,146  
    OREO     —       —       284  
    Nonperforming assets   $ 60,662     $ 54,589     $ 40,430  
    Nonperforming loans to total loans     1.96 %     1.79 %     1.29 %
    Nonperforming assets to total assets     1.52 %     1.41 %     0.99 %
                             
    Allowance for loan losses   $ 43,685     $ 41,741     $ 42,430  
    Allowance for loan losses to total loans     1.41 %     1.37 %     1.36 %
    Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans     72.01 %     76.46 %     105.69 %
    Net charge-offs   $ 1,201     $ 551     $ 2,206  
    Net charge-offs to average loans     0.16 %     0.07 %     0.28 %
                             
    Capital ratios(1)                        
    Tangible common equity to tangible assets(2)     11.13 %     11.53 %     10.71 %
    Tier 1 leverage ratio     12.19 %     12.48 %     11.68 %
    Tier 1 common capital to risk-weighted assets     18.16 %     18.89 %     17.65 %
    Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets     18.74 %     19.50 %     18.22 %
    Total capital to risk-weighted assets     24.79 %     25.67 %     26.24 %

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    (1) September 30, 2024 capital ratios are preliminary.
    (2) Non-GAAP measure. See Non-GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.

    RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
    SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
    (Unaudited)

    		  
    Loan Portfolio Detail   As of September 30, 2024   As of June 30, 2024     As of September 30, 2023  
    (dollars in thousands)   $   %   $       %   $       %
    Loans:                                          
    Commercial and industrial   $ 128,861   4.2 %   $ 126,649       4.2 %   $ 127,655       4.1 %
    SBA     48,089   1.6 %     50,323       1.7 %     50,420       1.6 %
    Construction and land development     180,196   5.8 %     202,459       6.6 %     259,778       8.3 %
    Commercial real estate (1)     1,252,682   40.5 %     1,190,207       39.1 %     1,164,210       37.3 %
    Single-family residential mortgages     1,473,396   47.7 %     1,467,802       48.2 %     1,505,307       48.2 %
    Other loans     8,672   0.2 %     10,272       0.2 %     13,582       0.5 %
    Total loans (2)   $ 3,091,896   100.0 %   $ 3,047,712       100.0 %   $ 3,120,952       100.0 %
    Allowance for loan losses     (43,685 )       (41,741 )             (42,430 )        
    Total loans, net   $ 3,048,211       $ 3,005,971             $ 3,078,522          

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    (1) Includes non-farm and non-residential loans, multi-family residential loans and non-owner occupied single family residential loans.
    (2) Net of discounts and deferred fees and costs of $467, $645, and $383 as of September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, respectively.

    Deposits   As of September 30, 2024   As of June 30, 2024     As of September 30, 2023  
    (dollars in thousands)   $   %   $       %   $       %
    Deposits:                                          
    Noninterest-bearing demand   $ 543,623   17.6 %   $ 542,971       18.0 %   $ 572,393       18.1 %
    Savings, NOW and money market accounts     666,089   21.5 %     647,770       21.4 %     608,020       19.3 %
    Time deposits, $250,000 and under     926,877   30.0 %     921,712       30.5 %     848,868       26.9 %
    Time deposits, greater than $250,000     808,304   26.1 %     790,478       26.1 %     687,365       21.8 %
    Wholesale deposits(1)     147,291   4.8 %     120,674       4.0 %     437,426       13.9 %
    Total deposits   $ 3,092,184   100.0 %   $ 3,023,605       100.0 %   $ 3,154,072       100.0 %

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    (1) Includes brokered deposits, collateralized deposits from the State of California, and deposits acquired through internet listing services.

    Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Tangible Book Value Reconciliations

    Tangible book value per share is a non-GAAP disclosure. Management measures tangible book value per share to assess the Company’s capital strength and business performance and believes this is helpful to investors as additional tools for further understanding our performance. The following is a reconciliation of tangible book value to the Company shareholders’ equity computed in accordance with GAAP, as well as a calculation of tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023.

                           
    (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)   September 30,
    2024    		     June 30,
    2024    		     September 30,
    2023    		  
    Tangible common equity:                        
    Total shareholders’ equity   $ 509,728     $ 511,291     $ 502,511  
    Adjustments                        
    Goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
    Core deposit intangible     (2,194 )     (2,394 )     (3,010 )
    Tangible common equity   $ 436,036     $ 437,399     $ 428,003  
    Tangible assets:                        
    Total assets-GAAP   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 4,069,354  
    Adjustments                        
    Goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
    Core deposit intangible     (2,194 )     (2,394 )     (3,010 )
    Tangible assets   $ 3,916,785     $ 3,794,294     $ 3,994,846  
    Common shares outstanding     17,693,416       18,182,154       18,995,303  
    Common equity to assets ratio     12.77 %     13.22 %     12.35 %
    Tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio     11.13 %     11.53 %     10.71 %
    Book value per share   $ 28.81     $ 28.12     $ 26.45  
    Tangible book value per share   $ 24.64     $ 24.06     $ 22.53  


    Return on Average Tangible Common Equity

    Management measures return on average tangible common equity (“ROATCE”) to assess the Company’s capital strength and business performance and believes this is helpful to investors as an additional tool for further understanding our performance. Tangible equity excludes goodwill and other intangible assets (excluding mortgage servicing rights), and is reviewed by banking and financial institution regulators when assessing a financial institution’s capital adequacy. This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. The following table reconciles ROATCE to its most comparable GAAP measure:

        Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    (dollars in thousands)   September 30,
    2024    		     June 30,
    2024    		     September 30,
    2023    		     2024     2023  
    Net income available to common shareholders   $ 6,999     $ 7,245     $ 8,473     $ 22,280     $ 30,392  
    Average shareholders’ equity     508,720       512,185       504,432       511,222       498,976  
    Adjustments:                                        
    Average goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
    Average core deposit intangible     (2,326 )     (2,525 )     (3,165 )     (2,525 )     (3,398 )
    Adjusted average tangible common equity   $ 434,896     $ 438,162     $ 429,769     $ 437,199     $ 424,080  
    Return on average common equity     5.47 %     5.69 %     6.66 %     5.82 %     8.14 %
    Return on average tangible common equity     6.40 %     6.65 %     7.82 %     6.81 %     9.58 %

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  • MIL-OSI: CNB Financial Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CLEARFIELD, Pa., Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CNB Financial Corporation (“Corporation”) (NASDAQ: CCNE), the parent company of CNB Bank, today announced its earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

    Executive Summary

    • Net income available to common shareholders (“earnings”) was $12.9 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to earnings of $11.9 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The quarterly increase was a result of increases in both net interest income and non-interest income, partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense, as discussed in more detail below. The increase in third quarter 2024 earnings and diluted earnings per share when compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2023 earnings of $12.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, was primarily due to the increase in non-interest income, partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense.
    • Earnings were $36.3 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to earnings of $40.8 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in earnings and diluted earnings per share comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily due to the rise in deposit costs year over year.
    • At September 30, 2024, loans totaled $4.5 billion, excluding the balances of syndicated loans. This adjusted total of $4.5 billion in loans represented an increase of $96.7 million, or 2.18% (8.69% annualized), compared to the same adjusted total loans measured as of June 30, 2024, and an increase of $153.4 million, or 3.51%, compared to the same adjusted total loans measured as of September 30, 2023. The increase in loans for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2024 was primarily driven by qualitative commercial and industrial growth in the Erie and Columbus markets and continued growth in new commercial customer relationships in the Corporation’s recent expansion market of Roanoke, coupled with growth in CNB’s Private Banking division with notable activity in the Roanoke market. The year over year growth in loans as of September 30, 2024 compared to loans as of September 30, 2023 resulted primarily from growth in the Corporation’s continued expansion into the newer markets of Cleveland and Roanoke, combined with growth in the Columbus and Erie markets and CNB Bank’s Private Banking division.
      • At September 30, 2024, the Corporation’s balance sheet reflected an increase in syndicated lending balances of $15.5 million compared to June 30, 2024. The increase in syndicated lending balances was the result of the Corporation managing the level of its syndicated portfolio by ensuring its historical discipline of seeking high credit quality loans with favorable yields. Year over year, the Corporation’s balance sheet reported a decrease in syndicated lending balances of $53.6 million compared to September 30, 2023, resulting from scheduled paydowns or early payoffs of certain syndicated loans. The syndicated loan portfolio totaled $69.5 million, or 1.51% of total loans, at September 30, 2024, compared to $53.9 million, or 1.20% of total loans, at June 30, 2024 and $123.1 million, or 2.74% of total loans, at September 30, 2023. As noted above, the Corporation is closely managing the level of its syndicated loan portfolio while it focuses more resources on organic loan growth from its in-market customer relationships.
    • At September 30, 2024, total deposits were $5.2 billion, reflecting an increase of $106.1 million, or 2.08% (8.26% annualized), from the previous quarter ended June 30, 2024, and an increase of $214.2 million, or 4.28%, compared to total deposits measured as of September 30, 2023. The increase in deposit balances compared to June 30, 2024 was primarily attributable to an increase in noninterest-bearing business deposits and retail saving deposits. Additional deposit and liquidity profile details were as follows:
      • During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Corporation repositioned $135.0 million of brokered deposits from savings to certificates of deposits. Additionally, $50.0 million of maturing brokered certificates of deposit were replaced with a similar offering. The repositioning and replacement totaling $185.0 million during the quarter and reduced the weighted average annual percentage yield (“APY”) from 5.70% to a locked-in APY of 4.37%, for maturity periods ranging from 12-14 months. This adjustment is expected to result in an estimated annual interest expense savings of $2.5 million for the Corporation. The mix of brokered deposits of 3.55% of total deposits at September 30, 2024, remained stable with the mix of 3.58% of total deposits at June 30, 2024.
      • At September 30, 2024, the total estimated uninsured deposits for CNB Bank were approximately $1.5 billion, or approximately 28.50% of total CNB Bank deposits. However, when excluding $103.1 million of affiliate company deposits and $462.7 million of pledged-investment collateralized deposits, the adjusted amount and percentage of total estimated uninsured deposits was approximately $950.6 million, or approximately 17.87% of total CNB Bank deposits as of September 30, 2024.
        • The level of adjusted uninsured deposits at September 30, 2024 was relatively unchanged with the prior quarter end’s level. At June 30, 2024, the total estimated uninsured deposits for CNB Bank were approximately $1.5 billion, or approximately 29.00% of total CNB Bank deposits; however, when excluding $101.4 million of affiliate company deposits and $460.7 million of pledged-investment collateralized deposits, the adjusted amount and percentage of total estimated uninsured deposits was approximately $949.8 million, or approximately 18.22% of total CNB Bank deposits as of June 30, 2024.
      • At September 30, 2024, the average deposit balance per account for CNB Bank was approximately $33 thousand, which generally remained consistent with the average deposit balance per account from recent quarters. CNB Bank had increases in the volume of business deposits, as well as retail customer household deposits, including those added after the 2023 launches of (i) CNB Bank’s “At Ease” account, a service for U.S. service member and veteran families, and (ii) CNB’s women-focused banking division, Impressia Bank.
      • At September 30, 2024, the Corporation had $282.0 million of cash equivalents held in CNB Bank’s interest-bearing deposit account at the Federal Reserve. These excess funds, when combined with collective contingent liquidity resources of $4.5 billion including (i) available borrowing capacity from the Federal Home Bank of Pittsburgh (“FHLB”) and the Federal Reserve, and (ii) available unused commitments from brokered deposit sources and other third-party funding channels, including previously established lines of credit from correspondent banks, resulted in the total on-hand and contingent liquidity sources for the Corporation as of September 30, 2024 to be approximately 5.0 times the estimated amount of adjusted uninsured deposit balances discussed above.
    • At September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the Corporation had no outstanding short-term borrowings from the FHLB or the Federal Reserve’s Discount Window.
    • At September 30, 2024, the Corporation’s pre-tax net unrealized losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities totaled approximately $62.5 million, or 10.30% of total shareholders’ equity, compared to $84.1 million, or 14.33% of total shareholders’ equity, at June 30, 2024. The change in unrealized losses was primarily due to changes in the yield curve in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024, coupled with the Corporation’s scheduled bond maturities, which were all realized at par. Importantly, all regulatory capital ratios for the Corporation would still exceed regulatory “well-capitalized” levels as of both September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024 if the net unrealized losses at the respective dates were fully recognized. Additionally, the Corporation maintained $102.0 million of liquid funds at its holding company, which more than covers the $62.5 million in unrealized losses on investments held primarily in its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, as an immediately available source of contingent capital to be down-streamed to CNB Bank, if necessary.
    • Total nonperforming assets were approximately $42.0 million, or 0.70% of total assets, as of September 30, 2024, compared to $36.5 million, or 0.62% of total assets, as of June 30, 2024, and $29.3 million, or 0.51% of total assets, as of September 30, 2023. The increase in nonperforming assets for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024 was primarily due to one commercial relationship (consisting of various loan types) totaling $7.9 million with a specific reserve balance of $2.2 million. Management does not believe there is risk of significant additional loss exposures beyond the specific reserves related to this loan relationship. The increase in non-performing assets at September 30, 2024 compared to September 30, 2023 was due to the loan relationship discussed above, as well as certain commercial and industrial relationships as previously disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2023 and second quarter of 2024, and a commercial real estate relationship as previously disclosed in the third quarter of 2023. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, net loan charge-offs were $1.2 million, or 0.11% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, compared to $2.8 million, or 0.25% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, during the three months ended June 30, 2024, and $732 thousand, or 0.06% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
    • Pre-provision net revenue (“PPNR”), a non-GAAP measure, was $19.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $18.6 million and $18.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.1 The third quarter 2024 PPNR, when compared to the second quarter of 2024, reflected improvements in net interest income and non-interest income, partially offset by higher non-interest expense. The increase in PPNR for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily attributable to the increase in non-interest income. PPNR was $55.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $59.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.1 The decrease in PPNR for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to the significant year-over-year increase in deposit costs, coupled with increases in certain personnel costs (primarily from new offices and personnel added in expansion markets), as well as additional technology expenses for recently completed full implementation of business development and customer relationship management applications.

    1 This release contains references to certain financial measures that are not defined under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide a greater understanding of ongoing operations, enhance comparability of results of operations with prior periods and show the effects of significant gains and charges in the periods presented. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures is provided in the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section.

    Michael Peduzzi, President and CEO of both the Corporation and CNB Bank, commented on the Corporation’s positive quarterly results, stating, “CNB’s performance for the third quarter of 2024 was much in alignment with themes in a time of year when so many sports are active. We continue to have a strong defense with our traditionally sound loan and investment underwriting, disciplined loan and deposit pricing, and solid risk management practices. This was complemented by a solid offensive push as we translated pipeline activity and qualified business leads into sound loan growth, and an expansion of the number of relationships and accounts in our deposit base, all leading to notable increases in revenues. Further, thanks to effective “special team” efforts by our Finance team, we closely monitored market conditions and took advantage of an opportunity to realize substantial interest expense savings by repositioning a large portion of wholesale funding sources.

    The Corporation’s team across our entire footprint continues to be focused on controlling staffing levels and overhead cost management, while expanding the use of the Corporation’s previous investments in key sales and customer experience technologies. Our playbook for implementing our overall strategy remains the same – to maintain a team of motivated and engaged employees delivering products and services to achieve mutually beneficial and sustainable success for our clients and investors.”

    Other Balance Sheet Highlights

    • Book value per common share was $26.13 at September 30, 2024, reflecting an increase from $25.19 at June 30, 2024 and $23.52 at September 30, 2023. Tangible book value per common share, a non-GAAP measure, was $24.03 as of September 30, 2024, reflecting an increase of $0.94, or 16.20% (annualized) from $23.09 as of June 30, 2024 and a year-over-year increase of $2.63, or 12.29%, from $21.40 as of September 30, 2023.1 The increases in book value per common share and tangible book value per common share compared to June 30, 2024 were primarily due to a $9.1 million increase in retained earnings and a $10.1 million decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss primarily from the after-tax impact of temporary unrealized valuation changes in the Corporation’s available-for-sale investment portfolio for the past three months. The increases in book value per common share and tangible book value per common share compared to September 30, 2023 were primarily due to (i) a $34.4 million increase in retained earnings over the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, (ii) the Corporation’s repurchase of 23,988 common shares at a weighted average price of $18.38 in the second quarter of 2024, and (iii) a $21.2 million decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss primarily from the after-tax impact of temporary unrealized valuation changes in the Corporation’s available-for-sale investment portfolio for the past twelve months.

    Loan Portfolio Profile

    • As part of our lending policy and risk management activities, the Corporation tracks lending exposure by industry classification and type to determine potential risks associated with industry concentrations, and if any concentration risk issues could lead to additional credit loss exposure. In the current post-pandemic and relatively inflationary economic environment, the Corporation has continued to evaluate its exposure to the office, hospitality, and multifamily industries within its commercial real estate portfolio. Even given the Corporation’s historically sound underwriting protocols and high credit quality ratings for borrowers in the commercial real estate industry segments, the Corporation monitors numerous relevant sensitivity elements, including occupancy, loan-to-value, absorption and cap rates, debt service coverage and covenant compliance, and developer/lessor financial strength both in the project and globally. At September 30, 2024, the Corporation had the following key metrics related to its office, hospitality and multifamily portfolios:
    • Commercial office loans:
      • There were 114 outstanding loans, totaling $117.0 million, or 2.55%, of the Corporation loans outstanding;
      • There were no nonaccrual commercial office loans at September 30, 2024;
      • There was one past due commercial office loan that totaled $214 thousand, or 0.18% of total commercial office loans outstanding at September 30, 2024; and
      • The average outstanding balance per commercial office loan was $1.0 million.
    • Commercial hospitality loans:
      • There were 173 outstanding loans, totaling $320.6 million, or 6.98%, of total Corporation loans outstanding;
      • There were no nonaccrual commercial hospitality loans at September 30, 2024;
      • There were no past due commercial hospitality loans at September 30, 2024; and
      • The average outstanding balance per commercial hospitality loan was $1.9 million.
    • Commercial multifamily loans:
      • There were 225 outstanding loans, totaling $349.1 million, or 7.60%, of total Corporation loans outstanding;
      • There was one nonaccrual commercial multifamily loan that totaled $268 thousand, or 0.08% of total multifamily loans outstanding. The one customer relationship did not have a related specific loss reserve at September 30, 2024
      • There were two past due commercial office loans that totaled $760 thousand, or 0.22% of total commercial multifamily loans outstanding at September 30, 2024; and
      • The average outstanding balance per commercial multifamily loan was $1.6 million.

    The Corporation had no commercial office, hospitality or multifamily loan relationships considered by the banking regulators to be a high volatility commercial real estate credit (“HVCRE”).

    Performance Ratios

    • Annualized return on average equity was 9.28% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 8.94% and 9.80% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. Annualized return on average equity was 9.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to 10.74% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
    • Annualized return on average tangible common equity, a non-GAAP measure, was 10.33% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 9.93% and 11.07% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.1 Annualized return on average tangible common equity, a non-GAAP measure, was 10.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to 12.23% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.1
    • The Corporation’s efficiency ratio was 66.34% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 65.94% and 67.00% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. The efficiency ratio on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP measure, was 65.58% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 65.20% and 66.26% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.1 The increase for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024 was primarily the result of an increase in incentive compensation related accruals which are based on various components of the Corporation’s financial performance for the year.
    • The Corporation’s efficiency ratio was 67.10% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 64.26% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The efficiency ratio on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP ratio, was 66.34% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 63.60% the nine months ended September 30, 2023.1

    Revenue

    • Total revenue (net interest income plus non-interest income) was $58.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $54.6 million and $55.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.
      • Net interest income was $47.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $45.7 million and $47.2 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. When comparing the third quarter of 2024 to the second quarter of 2024, the difference in net interest income of $1.8 million, or 3.87% (15.39% annualized), reflected the increase in total loans outstanding quarter over quarter, partially offset by targeted interest-bearing deposit rate increases to ensure both deposit relationship retention and new deposit growth in the Corporation’s markets.
      • Net interest margin was 3.43%, 3.36% and 3.55% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. Net interest margin on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.42%, 3.34% and 3.53% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.1 
        • The yield on earning assets of 5.98% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased 9 basis points from June 30, 2024 and increased 35 basis points from September 30, 2023. The increases in yield compared to June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 were attributable to the net benefit of higher interest rates on both variable-rate loans and new loan production.
        • The cost of interest-bearing liabilities of 3.21% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased 4 basis points from June 30, 2024 and 55 basis points from September 30, 2023 primarily as a result of the Corporation’s targeted interest-bearing deposit rate increases for deposit retention and growth initiatives given the competitive environment resulting from the numerous Federal Reserve rate hikes since the first quarter of 2022.
    • Total revenue was $167.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $166.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
      • Net interest income was $138.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $142.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. When comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in net interest income of $3.7 million, or 2.61% (3.49% annualized), was due to loan growth and the benefits of the impact of higher interest rates resulting in greater income on variable-rate loans, coupled with a higher average balance of interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve, being more than offset by an increase in the Corporation’s interest expense as a result of targeted interest-bearing deposit rate increases to ensure both deposit growth and retention.
      • Net interest margin was 3.40% and 3.66% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net interest margin on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP measure, was 3.38% and 3.64% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.1 
        • The yield on earning assets of 5.89% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased 41 basis points from September 30, 2023. The increase in yield compared to September 30, 2023 was attributable to the net benefit of higher interest rates on both variable-rate loans and new loan production.
        • The cost of interest-bearing liabilities of 3.14% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased 80 basis points from September 30, 2023 primarily as a result of the Corporation’s targeted interest-bearing deposit rate increases for deposit retention and growth initiatives given the competitive environment resulting from the numerous Federal Reserve rate hikes since the first quarter of 2022. The Federal Reserve rate decrease announced in mid-September 2024, being only effective for a short period of time in the quarter, had no significant impact on the Corporation’s third quarter results.
    • Total non-interest income was $11.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $8.9 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, notable changes compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024 included increases in net realized and unrealized gains on equity securities and higher pass-through income from small business investment companies (“SBICs”). The increase in third quarter 2024 noninterest income compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily due to higher pass-through income from SBICs and net realized and unrealized gains on equity securities.
    • Total non-interest income was $28.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $24.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. This increase was primarily due to higher pass-through income from SBICs coupled with an increase in net realized and unrealized gains on equity securities.

    Non-Interest Expense

    • For the three months ended September 30, 2024 total non-interest expense was $38.8 million, compared to $36.0 million and $36.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. The increase of $2.8 million, or 7.77%, from the three months ended June 30, 2024 was primarily a result of an increase in salaries and benefits, card processing and interchange expenses, and other non-interest expenses. The increase in salaries and benefits resulted primarily from an increase in incentive compensation accruals, which are based on various components of the Corporation’s financial performance for the year, coupled with the timing of profit-sharing accruals. The increase in card processing and interchange expenses related primarily to corporate cardholder rewards program accrual, while the increase in other non-interest expenses was primarily driven by the timing of expenditures and business generation related expenses. The increase in non-interest expense compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to higher salaries and benefits driven by costs for personnel added for new offices in expansion markets, an increase in personnel costs related to annual merit increases, increases in health insurance costs, and contractual renewal increases in the Corporation’s investments in technology applications.
    • For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 total non-interest expense was $112.2 million, compared to $106.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase of $5.3 million, or 4.96%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily a result of an increase in salaries and benefits and technology expenses, partially offset by a decrease in card processing and interchange expenses. The increase in salaries and benefits was driven by an increase in personnel costs related to annual merit increases and growth in the Corporation’s staff and new offices in its expansion markets, while the increase in technology was primarily due to year-over-year investments in technology applications aimed at enhancing both customer online banking capabilities, customer call center communications, and in-branch technology delivery channels. The decrease in card processing and interchange expenses related to the changes made by the Corporation to its cardholder rewards program.

    Income Taxes

    • Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was $3.3 million, representing a 19.31% effective tax rate, compared to $3.0 million, representing an 19.03% effective tax rate, for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and $3.4 million, representing a 19.86% effective tax rate, for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $9.2 million, representing an 18.92% effective tax rate compared to $10.6 million, representing a 19.47% effective tax rate, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

    Asset Quality

    • Total nonperforming assets were approximately $42.0 million, or 0.70% of total assets, as of September 30, 2024, compared to $36.5 million, or 0.62% of total assets, as of June 30, 2024, and $29.3 million, or 0.51% of total assets, as of September 30, 2023, as discussed above.
    • The allowance for credit losses measured as a percentage of total loans was 1.02% as of September 30, 2024 compared to 1.02% as of both June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023. In addition, the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of nonaccrual loans was 117.03% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 130.88% and 169.34% as of June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. The change in the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of nonaccrual loans was primarily attributable to the levels of nonperforming assets, as discussed above.
    • The provision for credit losses was $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $2.6 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. The $1.3 million increase in the provision expense for the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 was primarily a result of higher loan portfolio growth and increased net loan charge-offs in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023.
    • For the three months ended September 30, 2024, net loan charge-offs were $1.2 million, or 0.11% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, compared to $2.8 million, or 0.25% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, during the three months ended June 30, 2024, and $732 thousand, or 0.06% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
    • For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net loan charge-offs were $5.4 million, or 0.16% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, compared to $2.2 million, or 0.07% (annualized) of average total loans and loans held for sale, during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, with most of the larger year-to-date charge-offs being as previously disclosed occurring in the first and second quarter of 2024.

    Capital

    • As of September 30, 2024, the Corporation’s total shareholders’ equity was $606.4 million, representing an increase of $19.7 million, or 3.35% (13.33% annualized), from June 30, 2024 and an increase of $57.2 million, or 10.41%, from September 30, 2023 primarily due to an increase in the Corporation’s retained earnings (net income, partially offset by the common and preferred stock dividends paid) and a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss primarily from the after-tax impact of temporary unrealized valuation changes in the Corporation’s available-for-sale investment portfolio for the past twelve months. The additions to shareholders equity from retained earnings were partially offset by the Corporation’s repurchase of its common stock, as discussed above.
    • Regulatory capital ratios for the Corporation continue to exceed regulatory “well-capitalized” levels as of September 30, 2024, consistent with prior periods.
    • As of September 30, 2024, the Corporation’s ratio of common shareholders’ equity to total assets was 9.12% compared to 8.99% at June 30, 2024 and 8.57% at September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the Corporation’s ratio of tangible common equity to tangible assets, a non-GAAP measure, was 8.45% compared to 8.30% at June 30, 2024 and 7.86% at September 30, 2023. The increases compared to June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 were primarily the result of an increase in retained earnings coupled with a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss, as discussed above.1

    About CNB Financial Corporation

    CNB Financial Corporation is a financial holding company with consolidated assets of approximately $6.0 billion. CNB Financial Corporation conducts business primarily through its principal subsidiary, CNB Bank. CNB Bank is a full-service bank engaging in a full range of banking activities and services, including trust and wealth management services, for individual, business, governmental, and institutional customers. CNB Bank operations include a private banking division, two loan production offices, one drive-up office, one mobile office, and 54 full-service offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Virginia. CNB Bank, headquartered in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, with offices in Central and North Central Pennsylvania, serves as the multi-brand parent to various divisions. These divisions include ERIEBANK, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, with offices in Northwest Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio; FCBank, based in Worthington, Ohio, with offices in Central Ohio; BankOnBuffalo, based in Buffalo, New York, with offices in Western New York; Ridge View Bank, based in Roanoke, Virginia, with offices in the Southwest Virginia region; and Impressia Bank, a division focused on banking opportunities for women, which operates in CNB Bank’s primary market areas. Additional information about CNB Financial Corporation may be found at http://www.CNBBank.bank.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Corporation’s financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, future performance and business. These forward-looking statements are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for “forward-looking statements” provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are those that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors (some of which are beyond the Corporation’s control). Forward-looking statements often include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “potentially,” “probably,” “projects,” “outlook” or similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would” and “could.” The Corporation’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements, which are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or assurances of future performance. Such known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the statements, include, but are not limited to, (i) adverse changes or conditions in capital and financial markets, including actual or potential stresses in the banking industry; (ii) changes in interest rates; the credit risks of lending activities, including our ability to estimate credit losses and the allowance for credit losses, as well as the effects of changes in the level of, and trends in, loan delinquencies and write-offs; (iv) effectiveness of our data security controls in the face of cyber attacks and any reputational risks following a cybersecurity incident; (v) changes in general business, industry or economic conditions or competition; (vi) changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or practice governing or affecting financial holding companies and their subsidiaries or with respect to tax or accounting principles or otherwise; (vii) higher than expected costs or other difficulties related to integration of combined or merged businesses; (viii) the effects of business combinations and other acquisition transactions, including the inability to realize our loan and investment portfolios; (ix) changes in the quality or composition of our loan and investment portfolios; (x) adequacy of loan loss reserves; (xi) increased competition; (xii) loss of certain key officers; (xiii) deposit attrition; (xiv) rapidly changing technology; (xv) unanticipated regulatory or judicial proceedings and liabilities and other costs; (xvi) changes in the cost of funds, demand for loan products or demand for financial services; and (xvii) other economic, competitive, governmental or technological factors affecting our operations, markets, products, services and prices. Such developments could have an adverse impact on the Corporation’s financial position and results of operations. For more information about factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of and the forward-looking statement disclaimers in the Corporation’s annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    The forward-looking statements are based upon management’s beliefs and assumptions and are made as of the date of this press release. Factors or events that could cause the Corporation’s actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Corporation to predict all of them. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this press release or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release might not occur and you should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Income Statement                  
    Interest and fees on loans $ 75,725     $ 72,142     $ 70,980     $ 219,380     $ 200,206  
    Interest and dividends on securities and cash and cash equivalents   7,510       8,510       4,536       22,412       14,279  
    Interest expense   (35,749 )     (34,935 )     (28,280 )     (103,367 )     (72,353 )
    Net interest income   47,486       45,717       47,236       138,425       142,135  
    Provision for credit losses   2,381       2,591       1,056       6,292       4,751  
    Net interest income after provision for credit losses   45,105       43,126       46,180       132,133       137,384  
    Non-interest income                  
    Wealth and asset management fees   2,060       2,007       1,833       5,869       5,567  
    Service charges on deposit accounts   1,790       1,794       1,861       5,278       5,569  
    Other service charges and fees   796       712       567       2,203       2,283  
    Net realized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities   (9 )     —       —       (9 )     52  
    Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities   656       (80 )     (400 )     767       (930 )
    Mortgage banking   197       187       172       580       516  
    Bank owned life insurance   775       784       754       2,326       2,211  
    Card processing and interchange income   2,241       2,187       2,098       6,444       6,219  
    Other non-interest income   2,467       1,274       978       5,335       2,711  
    Total non-interest income   10,973       8,865       7,863       28,793       24,198  
    Non-interest expenses                  
    Salaries and benefits   19,572       17,676       17,758       56,035       51,862  
    Net occupancy expense of premises   3,701       3,580       3,596       10,921       10,790  
    Technology expense   5,417       5,573       5,232       16,062       14,677  
    Advertising expense   623       553       840       1,861       2,085  
    State and local taxes   1,256       1,237       1,028       3,636       3,108  
    Legal, professional, and examination fees   940       1,119       1,320       3,231       3,167  
    FDIC insurance premiums   846       1,018       1,027       2,854       2,901  
    Card processing and interchange expenses   1,193       878       1,207       3,250       4,269  
    Other non-interest expense   5,236       4,355       4,906       14,347       14,033  
    Total non-interest expenses   38,784       35,989       36,914       112,197       106,892  
    Income before income taxes   17,294       16,002       17,129       48,729       54,690  
    Income tax expense   3,340       3,045       3,402       9,218       10,647  
    Net income   13,954       12,957       13,727       39,511       44,043  
    Preferred stock dividends   1,076       1,075       1,076       3,226       3,226  
    Net income available to common shareholders $ 12,878     $ 11,882     $ 12,651     $ 36,285     $ 40,817  
                       
    Ending shares outstanding   20,994,730       20,998,117       20,895,634       20,994,730       20,895,634  
    Average diluted common shares outstanding   20,911,862       20,893,396       20,899,744       20,895,538       20,979,032  
    Diluted earnings per common share $ 0.61     $ 0.56     $ 0.60     $ 1.72     $ 1.94  
    Cash dividends per common share $ 0.180     $ 0.175     $ 0.175     $ 0.530     $ 0.525  
    Dividend payout ratio   30 %     31 %     29 %     31 %     27 %

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Average Balances                  
    Total loans and loans held for sale $ 4,536,702     $ 4,441,633     $ 4,485,017     $ 4,469,321     $ 4,373,648  
    Investment securities   722,577       734,087       749,352       729,273       771,457  
    Total earning assets   5,503,832       5,465,645       5,273,758       5,440,145       5,194,485  
    Total assets   5,907,115       5,854,978       5,647,491       5,831,002       5,561,649  
    Noninterest-bearing deposits   795,771       761,270       792,193       764,770       805,513  
    Interest-bearing deposits   4,319,606       4,321,678       4,109,360       4,290,247       3,976,820  
    Shareholders’ equity   597,984       583,221       555,464       586,017       548,034  
    Tangible common shareholders’ equity (non-GAAP) (1)   496,091       481,309       453,493       484,105       446,048  
                       
    Average Yields (annualized)                  
    Total loans and loans held for sale   6.66 %     6.55 %     6.30 %     6.57 %     6.14 %
    Investment securities   2.19 %     2.14 %     1.96 %     2.11 %     1.96 %
    Total earning assets   5.98 %     5.89 %     5.63 %     5.89 %     5.48 %
    Interest-bearing deposits   3.19 %     3.15 %     2.62 %     3.11 %     2.27 %
    Interest-bearing liabilities   3.21 %     3.17 %     2.66 %     3.14 %     2.34 %
                       
    Performance Ratios (annualized)                  
    Return on average assets   0.94 %     0.89 %     0.96 %     0.91 %     1.06 %
    Return on average equity   9.28 %     8.94 %     9.80 %     9.01 %     10.74 %
    Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP) (1)   10.33 %     9.93 %     11.07 %     10.01 %     12.23 %
    Net interest margin, fully tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP) (1)   3.42 %     3.34 %     3.53 %     3.38 %     3.64 %
    Efficiency Ratio, fully tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP) (1)   65.58 %     65.20 %     66.26 %     66.34 %     63.60 %
                       
    Net Loan Charge-Offs                  
    CNB Bank net loan charge-offs $ 837     $ 2,348     $ 381     $ 4,063     $ 955  
    Holiday Financial net loan charge-offs   383       456       351       1,305       1,252  
    Total Corporation net loan charge-offs $ 1,220     $ 2,804     $ 732     $ 5,368     $ 2,207  
    Annualized net loan charge-offs / average total loans and loans held for sale   0.11 %     0.25 %     0.06 %     0.16 %     0.07 %

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Ending Balance Sheet          
    Cash and due from banks $ 75,214     $ 56,031     $ 61,529  
    Interest-bearing deposits with Federal Reserve   281,972       271,943       117,632  
    Interest-bearing deposits with other financial institutions   3,723       3,171       3,424  
    Total cash and cash equivalents   360,909       331,145       182,585  
    Debt securities available-for-sale, at fair value   378,965       359,900       335,122  
    Debt securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost   328,152       354,569       391,301  
    Equity securities   10,389       9,654       8,948  
    Loans held for sale   768       642       464  
    Loans receivable          
    Syndicated loans   69,470       53,938       123,090  
    Loans   4,522,438       4,425,754       4,369,084  
    Total loans receivable   4,591,908       4,479,692       4,492,174  
    Less: allowance for credit losses   (46,644 )     (45,532 )     (45,832 )
    Net loans receivable   4,545,264       4,434,160       4,446,342  
    Goodwill and other intangibles   43,874       43,874       43,874  
    Core deposit intangible   223       241       299  
    Other assets   346,300       352,386       322,973  
    Total Assets $ 6,014,844     $ 5,886,571     $ 5,731,908  
               
    Noninterest-bearing demand deposits $ 841,292     $ 762,918     $ 782,996  
    Interest-bearing demand deposits   681,056       693,074       781,309  
    Savings   3,040,769       3,140,505       2,883,736  
    Certificates of deposit   653,832       514,348       554,740  
    Total deposits   5,216,949       5,110,845       5,002,781  
    Subordinated debentures   20,620       20,620       20,620  
    Subordinated notes, net of issuance costs   84,495       84,419       84,191  
    Other liabilities   86,417       83,987       75,104  
    Total liabilities   5,408,481       5,299,871       5,182,696  
    Common stock   —       —       —  
    Preferred stock   57,785       57,785       57,785  
    Additional paid in capital   219,304       218,756       220,100  
    Retained earnings   371,086       361,987       336,690  
    Treasury stock   (4,516 )     (4,438 )     (6,862 )
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (37,296 )     (47,390 )     (58,501 )
    Total shareholders’ equity   606,363       586,700       549,212  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,014,844     $ 5,886,571     $ 5,731,908  
               
    Book value per common share $ 26.13     $ 25.19     $ 23.52  
    Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP) (1) $ 24.03     $ 23.09     $ 21.40  

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Capital Ratios          
    Tangible common equity / tangible assets (non-GAAP) (1)   8.45 %     8.30 %     7.86 %
    Tier 1 leverage ratio (2)   10.59 %     10.56 %     10.50 %
    Common equity tier 1 ratio (2)   11.64 %     11.71 %     11.21 %
    Tier 1 risk-based ratio (2)   13.30 %     13.41 %     12.92 %
    Total risk-based ratio (2)   16.06 %     16.20 %     15.68 %
               
    Asset Quality Detail          
    Nonaccrual loans $ 39,855     $ 34,788     $ 27,065  
    Loans 90+ days past due and accruing   666       112       231  
    Total nonperforming loans   40,521       34,900       27,296  
    Other real estate owned   1,514       1,641       2,039  
    Total nonperforming assets $ 42,035     $ 36,541     $ 29,335  
               
    Asset Quality Ratios          
    Nonperforming assets / Total loans + OREO   0.92 %     0.82 %     0.65 %
    Nonperforming assets / Total assets   0.70 %     0.62 %     0.51 %
    Ratio of allowance for credit losses on loans to nonaccrual loans   117.03 %     130.88 %     169.34 %
    Allowance for credit losses / Total loans   1.02 %     1.02 %     1.02 %
               
               
    Consolidated Financial Data Notes:          
    (1) Management uses non-GAAP financial information in its analysis of the Corporation’s performance. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide a greater understanding of ongoing operations, enhance comparability of results of operations with prior periods and show the effects of significant gains and charges in the periods presented. The Corporation’s management believes that investors may use these non-GAAP measures to analyze the Corporation’s financial performance without the impact of unusual items or events that may obscure trends in the Corporation’s underlying performance. This non-GAAP data should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and is not a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. Limitations associated with non-GAAP financial measures include the risks that persons might disagree as to the appropriateness of items included in these measures and that different companies might calculate these measures differently. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures is provided below (dollars in thousands, except per share data).
    (2) Capital ratios as of September 30, 2024 are estimated pending final regulatory filings.

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      Average Balances, Income and Interest Rates on a Taxable Equivalent Basis
      Three Months Ended,
      September 30, 2024   June 30, 2024   September 30, 2023
      Average
    Balance    		   Annual
    Rate    		   Interest
    Inc./Exp.    		   Average
    Balance    		   Annual
    Rate    		   Interest
    Inc./Exp.    		   Average
    Balance    		   Annual
    Rate    		   Interest
    Inc./Exp.
    ASSETS:                                  
    Securities:                                  
    Taxable (1) (4) $ 690,098     2.14 %   $ 3,980   $ 702,036     2.09 %   $ 3,941   $ 711,299     1.89 %   $ 3,674
    Tax-exempt (1) (2) (4)   25,368     2.57       178     25,088     2.59       178     29,455     2.55       204
    Equity securities (1) (2)   7,111     5.71       102     6,963     5.72       99     8,598     5.58       121
    Total securities (4)   722,577     2.19       4,260     734,087     2.14       4,218     749,352     1.96       3,999
    Loans receivable:                                  
    Commercial (2) (3)   1,457,192     7.02       25,708     1,416,476     6.85       24,133     1,516,942     6.72       25,693
    Mortgage and loans held for sale (2) (3)   2,947,787     6.25       46,278     2,897,473     6.15       44,331     2,834,576     5.83       41,618
    Consumer (3)   131,723     11.93       3,950     127,684     12.17       3,863     133,499     11.51       3,874
    Total loans receivable (3)   4,536,702     6.66       75,936     4,441,633     6.55       72,327     4,485,017     6.30       71,185
    Interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve and other financial institutions   244,553     5.33       3,279     289,925     5.99       4,321     39,389     5.78       574
    Total earning assets   5,503,832     5.98     $ 83,475     5,465,645     5.89     $ 80,866     5,273,758     5.63     $ 75,758
    Noninterest-bearing assets:                                  
    Cash and due from banks   58,472               53,710               55,502          
    Premises and equipment   118,404               112,386               109,854          
    Other assets   272,377               268,930               254,106          
    Allowance for credit losses   (45,970 )             (45,693 )             (45,729 )        
    Total non interest-bearing assets   403,283               389,333               373,733          
    TOTAL ASSETS $ 5,907,115             $ 5,854,978             $ 5,647,491          
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                                  
    Demand—interest-bearing $ 682,690     0.86 %   $ 1,477   $ 713,431     0.76 %   $ 1,342   $ 813,264     0.52 %   $ 1,061
    Savings   3,076,351     3.55       27,461     3,097,598     3.57       27,464     2,788,499     3.13       22,004
    Time   560,565     4.03       5,684     510,649     3.93       4,988     507,597     3.16       4,048
    Total interest-bearing deposits   4,319,606     3.19       34,622     4,321,678     3.15       33,794     4,109,360     2.62       27,113
    Short-term borrowings   —     0.00       —     —     0.00       —     6,101     5.66       87
    Finance lease liabilities   236     5.06       3     259     4.66       3     328     4.84       4
    Subordinated notes and debentures   105,077     4.26       1,124     105,001     4.36       1,138     104,773     4.07       1,076
    Total interest-bearing liabilities   4,424,919     3.21     $ 35,749     4,426,938     3.17     $ 34,935     4,220,562     2.66     $ 28,280
    Demand—noninterest-bearing   795,771               761,270               792,193          
    Other liabilities   88,441               83,549               79,272          
    Total Liabilities   5,309,131               5,271,757               5,092,027          
    Shareholders’ equity   597,984               583,221               555,464          
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 5,907,115             $ 5,854,978             $ 5,647,491          
    Interest income/Earning assets     5.98 %   $ 83,475       5.89 %   $ 80,866       5.63 %   $ 75,758
    Interest expense/Interest-bearing liabilities     3.21       35,749       3.17       34,935       2.66       28,280
    Net interest spread     2.77 %   $ 47,726       2.72 %   $ 45,931       2.97 %   $ 47,478
    Interest income/Earning assets     5.98 %     83,475       5.89 %     80,866       5.63 %     75,758
    Interest expense/Earning assets     2.56       35,749       2.55       34,935       2.10       28,280
    Net interest margin (fully tax-equivalent)     3.42 %   $ 47,726       3.34 %   $ 45,931       3.53 %   $ 47,478
     
    _____________________________________________
    (1)     Includes unamortized discounts and premiums.
    (2) Average yields are stated on a fully taxable equivalent basis (calculated using statutory rates of 21%) resulting from tax-free municipal securities in the investment portfolio and tax-free municipal loans in the commercial loan portfolio. The taxable equivalent adjustment to net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 was $240 thousand, $214 thousand and $242 thousand, respectively.
    (3) Average loans receivable outstanding includes the average balance outstanding of all nonaccrual loans. Loans receivable consist of the average of total loans receivable less average unearned income. In addition, loans receivable interest income consists of loans receivable fees, including PPP deferred processing fees.
    (4) Average balance is computed using the fair value of AFS securities and amortized cost of HTM securities. Average yield has been computed using amortized cost average balance for AFS and HTM securities. The adjustment to the average balance for securities in the calculation of average yield for the three months ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 was $(51.1) million, $(59.2) million and $(61.1) million, respectively.

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

      Average Balances, Income and Interest Rates on a Taxable Equivalent Basis
      Nine Months Ended,
      September 30, 2024   September 30, 2023
      Average
    Balance    		   Annual
    Rate    		   Interest
    Inc./Exp.    		   Average
    Balance    		   Annual
    Rate    		   Interest
    Inc./Exp.
    ASSETS:                      
    Securities:                      
    Taxable (1) (4) $ 696,259     2.06 %   $ 11,572   $ 729,787     1.89 %   $ 11,140
    Tax-exempt (1) (2) (4)   26,063     2.58       547     31,025     2.60       646
    Equity securities (1) (2)   6,951     5.69       296     10,645     4.97       396
    Total securities (4)   729,273     2.11       12,415     771,457     1.96       12,182
    Loans receivable:                      
    Commercial (2) (3)   1,434,545     6.92       74,360     1,512,575     6.49       73,423
    Mortgage and loans held for sale (2) (3)   2,905,301     6.16       134,012     2,733,423     5.70       116,439
    Consumer (3)   129,475     11.96       11,591     127,650     11.50       10,978
    Total loans receivable (3)   4,469,321     6.57       219,963     4,373,648     6.14       200,840
    Interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve and other financial institutions   241,551     5.58       10,085     49,380     6.01       2,221
    Total earning assets   5,440,145     5.89     $ 242,463     5,194,485     5.48     $ 215,243
    Noninterest-bearing assets:                      
    Cash and due from banks   55,243               54,494          
    Premises and equipment   113,629               107,016          
    Other assets   267,797               250,210          
    Allowance for credit losses   (45,812 )             (44,556 )        
    Total non interest-bearing assets   390,857               367,164          
    TOTAL ASSETS $ 5,831,002             $ 5,561,649          
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                      
    Demand—interest-bearing $ 711,911     0.75 %   $ 4,014   $ 878,955     0.54 %   $ 3,545
    Savings   3,046,518     3.53       80,536     2,581,604     2.75       53,070
    Time   531,818     3.87       15,414     516,261     2.79       10,775
    Total interest-bearing deposits   4,290,247     3.11       99,964     3,976,820     2.27       67,390
    Short-term borrowings   —     0.00       —     47,094     5.07       1,787
    Finance lease liabilities   259     4.64       9     350     4.58       12
    Subordinated notes and debentures   105,001     4.32       3,394     104,698     4.04       3,164
    Total interest-bearing liabilities   4,395,507     3.14     $ 103,367     4,128,962     2.34     $ 72,353
    Demand—noninterest-bearing   764,770               805,513          
    Other liabilities   84,708               79,140          
    Total Liabilities   5,244,985               5,013,615          
    Shareholders’ equity   586,017               548,034          
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 5,831,002             $ 5,561,649          
    Interest income/Earning assets     5.89 %   $ 242,463       5.48 %   $ 215,243
    Interest expense/Interest-bearing liabilities     3.14       103,367       2.34       72,353
    Net interest spread     2.75 %   $ 139,096       3.14 %   $ 142,890
    Interest income/Earning assets     5.89 %     242,463       5.48 %     215,243
    Interest expense/Earning assets     2.51       103,367       1.84       72,353
    Net interest margin (fully tax-equivalent)     3.38 %   $ 139,096       3.64 %   $ 142,890
     
    _____________________________________________
    (1)     Includes unamortized discounts and premiums.
    (2) Average yields are stated on a fully taxable equivalent basis (calculated using statutory rates of 21%) resulting from tax-free municipal securities in the investment portfolio and tax-free municipal loans in the commercial loan portfolio. The taxable equivalent adjustment to net interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, was $671 thousand and $755 thousand, respectively.
    (3) Average loans receivable outstanding includes the average balance outstanding of all nonaccrual loans. Loans receivable consist of the average of total loans receivable less average unearned income. In addition, loans receivable interest income consists of loans receivable fees, including PPP deferred processing fees.
    (4) Average balance is computed using the fair value of AFS securities and amortized cost of HTM securities. Average yield has been computed using amortized cost average balance for AFS and HTM securities. The adjustment to the average balance for securities in the calculation of average yield for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $(55.1) million and $(58.6) million, respectively.

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Calculation of tangible book value per common share and tangible common
    equity / tangible assets (non-GAAP):    		          
    Shareholders’ equity $ 606,363     $ 586,700     $ 549,212  
    Less: preferred equity   57,785       57,785       57,785  
    Common shareholders’ equity   548,578       528,915       491,427  
    Less: goodwill and other intangibles   43,874       43,874       43,874  
    Less: core deposit intangible   223       241       299  
    Tangible common equity (non-GAAP) $ 504,481     $ 484,800     $ 447,254  
               
    Total assets $ 6,014,844     $ 5,886,571     $ 5,731,908  
    Less: goodwill and other intangibles   43,874       43,874       43,874  
    Less: core deposit intangible   223       241       299  
    Tangible assets (non-GAAP) $ 5,970,747     $ 5,842,456     $ 5,687,735  
               
    Ending shares outstanding   20,994,730       20,998,117       20,895,634  
               
    Book value per common share (GAAP) $ 26.13     $ 25.19     $ 23.52  
    Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP) $ 24.03     $ 23.09     $ 21.40  
               
    Common shareholders’ equity / Total assets (GAAP)   9.12 %     8.99 %     8.57 %
    Tangible common equity / Tangible assets (non-GAAP)   8.45 %     8.30 %     7.86 %
               

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Calculation of net interest margin:                  
    Interest income $ 83,235     $ 80,652     $ 75,516     $ 241,792     $ 214,488  
    Interest expense   35,749       34,935       28,280       103,367       72,353  
    Net interest income $ 47,486     $ 45,717     $ 47,236     $ 138,425     $ 142,135  
                       
    Average total earning assets $ 5,503,832     $ 5,465,645     $ 5,273,758     $ 5,440,145     $ 5,194,485  
                       
    Net interest margin (GAAP) (annualized)   3.43 %     3.36 %     3.55 %     3.40 %     3.66 %
                       
    Calculation of net interest margin (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP):                  
    Interest income $ 83,235     $ 80,652     $ 75,516     $ 241,792     $ 214,488  
    Tax equivalent adjustment (non-GAAP)   240       214       242       671       755  
    Adjusted interest income (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP)   83,475       80,866       75,758       242,463       215,243  
    Interest expense   35,749       34,935       28,280       103,367       72,353  
    Net interest income (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP) $ 47,726     $ 45,931     $ 47,478     $ 139,096     $ 142,890  
                       
    Average total earning assets $ 5,503,832     $ 5,465,645     $ 5,273,758     $ 5,440,145     $ 5,194,485  
    Less: average mark to market adjustment on investments (non-GAAP)   (51,075 )     (59,225 )     (61,103 )     (55,134 )     (58,577 )
    Adjusted average total earning assets, net of mark to market (non-GAAP) $ 5,554,907     $ 5,524,870     $ 5,334,861     $ 5,495,279     $ 5,253,062  
                       
    Net interest margin, fully tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP) (annualized)   3.42 %     3.34 %     3.53 %     3.38 %     3.64 %

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Calculation of PPNR (non-GAAP): (1)                  
    Net interest income $ 47,486     $ 45,717     $ 47,236     $ 138,425     $ 142,135  
    Add: Non-interest income   10,973       8,865       7,863       28,793       24,198  
    Less: Non-interest expense   38,784       35,989       36,914       112,197       106,892  
    PPNR (non-GAAP) $ 19,675     $ 18,593     $ 18,185     $ 55,021     $ 59,441  
                       
    (1) Management believes that this is an important metric as it illustrates the underlying performance of the Corporation, it enables investors and others to assess the Corporation’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through the credit cycle and provides consistent reporting with a key metric used by bank regulatory agencies.
      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Calculation of efficiency ratio:                  
    Non-interest expense $ 38,784     $ 35,989     $ 36,914     $ 112,197     $ 106,892  
                       
    Non-interest income $ 10,973     $ 8,865     $ 7,863     $ 28,793     $ 24,198  
    Net interest income   47,486       45,717       47,236       138,425       142,135  
    Total revenue $ 58,459     $ 54,582     $ 55,099     $ 167,218     $ 166,333  
    Efficiency ratio   66.34 %     65.94 %     67.00 %     67.10 %     64.26 %
                       
    Calculation of efficiency ratio (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP):                  
    Non-interest expense $ 38,784     $ 35,989     $ 36,914     $ 112,197     $ 106,892  
    Less: core deposit intangible amortization   18       19       20       57       65  
    Adjusted non-interest expense (non-GAAP) $ 38,766     $ 35,970     $ 36,894     $ 112,140     $ 106,827  
                       
    Non-interest income $ 10,973     $ 8,865     $ 7,863     $ 28,793     $ 24,198  
                       
    Net interest income $ 47,486     $ 45,717     $ 47,236     $ 138,425     $ 142,135  
    Less: tax exempt investment and loan income, net of TEFRA (non-GAAP)   1,473       1,318       1,376       4,127       4,043  
    Add: tax exempt investment and loan income (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP)   2,123       1,902       1,955       5,957       5,668  
    Adjusted net interest income (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP)   48,136       46,301       47,815       140,255       143,760  
    Adjusted net revenue (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP) $ 59,109     $ 55,166     $ 55,678     $ 169,048     $ 167,958  
                       
    Efficiency ratio (fully tax equivalent basis) (non-GAAP)   65.58 %     65.20 %     66.26 %     66.34 %     63.60 %

    CNB FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
    Unaudited
    (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

      Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
      September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2024    		   September 30,
    2023
    Calculation of return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP):                  
    Net income $ 13,954     $ 12,957     $ 13,727     $ 39,511     $ 44,043  
    Less: preferred stock dividends   1,076       1,075       1,076       3,226       3,226  
    Net income available to common shareholders $ 12,878     $ 11,882     $ 12,651     $ 36,285     $ 40,817  
                       
    Average shareholders’ equity $ 597,984     $ 583,221     $ 555,464     $ 586,017     $ 548,034  
    Less: average goodwill & intangibles   44,108       44,127       44,186       44,127       44,201  
    Less: average preferred equity   57,785       57,785       57,785       57,785       57,785  
    Tangible common shareholders’ equity (non-GAAP) $ 496,091     $ 481,309     $ 453,493     $ 484,105     $ 446,048  
                       
    Return on average equity (GAAP) (annualized)   9.28 %     8.94 %     9.80 %     9.01 %     10.74 %
    Return on average common equity (GAAP) (annualized)   9.48 %     9.10 %     10.09 %     9.18 %     11.13 %
    Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP) (annualized)   10.33 %     9.93 %     11.07 %     10.01 %     12.23 %

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Simpson County Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against a Handcuffed Arrestee

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    Jackson, Miss. – A Simpson County Sheriff’s Deputy appeared for an arraignment today following an Indictment filed in Jackson on criminal charges related to his use of excessive force against an arrestee.

    According to court documents, Adrian Durr, 43, of Magee, used excessive force against an arrestee in the custody of the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office. The Indictment alleges that while the arrestee was handcuffed to a bench that was bolted to the floor and shackled with leg irons on his ankles, Durr struck the arrestee in the head with the handgrip of his taser. After striking the arrestee with his taser, Durr kicked the arrestee in the head rendering him unconscious. At all times, the arrestee was handcuffed and hobbled with leg irons on his ankles. 

    “Law enforcement officers in Mississippi and throughout the nation are required to take care of the safety and welfare of the people they arrest,” said U.S. Attorney Todd Gee. “Unlawful physical assaults on arrestees are federal crimes that the Justice Department will prosecute.”

    “Our citizens deserve credible law enforcement to safeguard the community from crime,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Eikhoff. “The actions of Mr. Durr significantly deprived the citizens of that protection and eroded the trust earned each day by honest law enforcement officers throughout the nation. The FBI is committed to aggressively investigating those who misuse their authority and violate individual’s rights in the execution of their sworn duties.”

    Durr is charged by Indictment with Deprivation of Civil Rights Under Color of Law. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

    U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee and Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Eikhoff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement.

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel Goff is prosecuting the case.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Owner of Tax Preparation Company Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Bank Fraud and $2.1 Million COVID Relief Fraud

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    Defendant fled the United States after being indicted and remained a fugitive for 19 months

    BOSTON – A Lawrence woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston for using stolen identities of taxpayers and businesspeople to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a bank, and the Small Business Administration (SBA).

    Luz Paulino, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 54 months in prison, four years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $37,056 in restitution to MetaBank and $456,300 to the Small Business Administration. In June 2024, Paulino pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud conspiracy, one count of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

    Paulino was arrested in December 2020 and indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2021. While on pretrial release, Paulino fled the United States and remained a fugitive for 19 months.  Panamanian authorities ultimately returned her to the United States, where she was arrested for a second time.

    Paulino owned and operated Agape Financial Services, a Lowell-based company that provided tax preparation and notary services. In 2019 and early 2020, Paulino filed false and fraudulent federal tax returns using the stolen identities, names and Social Security numbers of individual victims. The fraudulent tax returns reported false information regarding wages, employers and dependents, among other things, to claim tax refunds. To conceal her involvement, Paulino falsely represented to the IRS that the returns had been prepared by two former employees of Agape. Paulino then used the fraudulent returns to obtain Refund Advance Loans from a bank in the names of her victims.  Paulino and others she recruited then cashed the loan checks using false identification documents and forged signatures.  

    Paulino separately used stolen identities of businesspeople living in California, Michigan, Indiana and elsewhere to apply to the SBA for $2.1 million in COVID-19 Emergency Injury Disaster Loans. Between June 2020 and October 2021, Paulino’s false applications listed fictitious companies that purportedly lost revenue during the pandemic. She used the fraudulently obtained loan proceeds to wire more than $395,000 to the Dominican Republic and to buy a 2020 Cadillac for $86,000, among other purchases.
        
    Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Harry Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations; and Melix Bonilla, Acting Chief of the Lawrence Police Department made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Victor A. Wild of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit prosecuted the case.

    On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Task Force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts. For more information on the department’s response to the pandemic, please visit Justice.gov/Coronavirus and Justice.gov/Coronavirus/CombatingFraud.

    Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Falmouth Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $1.3 Million

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    BOSTON – The former bookkeeper of a Falmouth flooring company pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.3 million from her employer.  

    Susan Figuerido, 73, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Jan. 15, 2025.

    Between June 2015 and February 2023, Figuerido embezzled more than $1.3 million from her employer by writing checks to herself drawn on her employer’s bank account. To conceal her scheme, Figuerido did not record the checks that she wrote to herself in her employer’s accounting system. Figuerido did not report or include the funds that she embezzled on her federal income tax filings, resulting in a tax loss of approximately $353,000.  

    The charge of wire fraud provides a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss. The charge of filing a false tax return provides for a sentence of up to three years in prison, one year of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

    Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; and Harry T. Chavis Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations in Boston made the announcement today. The Falmouth Police Department provided valuable assistance with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen A. Kearney of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit is prosecuting the case.
     

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $425 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    Settlement resolves allegations that the company funneled kickbacks through co-pay assistance foundations

    BOSTON – Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Neuroscience, Inc. (collectively Teva) have agreed to pay $425 million to resolve allegations that Teva paid kickbacks via two co-pay assistance foundations in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act.

    The government’s complaint, filed in 2020, alleged that from 2006 to 2017, Teva manipulated the co-pay foundation assistance system by conspiring with multiple third parties, including a specialty pharmacy and two allegedly independent co-pay assistance foundations, to direct its supposed charitable payments specifically to patients taking its own multiple sclerosis drug, Copaxone. At the same time, Teva steadily raised Copaxone’s price by thousands of dollars. The United States alleges that this conduct violated the AKS and caused the submission of false claims to Medicare. The settlement was reached after the government’s review of Teva’s financial disclosures concerning its financial condition.

    This settlement is the latest in a string of enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies that allegedly used third-party foundations as conduits to pay kickbacks. Since 2017, the United States Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts has collected over $1.4 billion from this enforcement initiative. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has also settled with four of the third-party foundations that participated in this conduct and a specialty pharmacy.  Today’s resolution with Teva is the largest co-pay assistance settlement to date.

    When a Medicare beneficiary obtains a prescription drug covered by Medicare Part B or Part D, the beneficiary is often required to make a partial payment, which may take the form of a co-payment, co-insurance, or deductible (collectively “co-pays”). These co-pay obligations may be substantial for expensive medications. Congress included co-pay requirements in these programs, in part, to encourage market forces to serve as a check on health care costs, including the prices that pharmaceutical manufacturers can demand for their drugs. The AKS prohibits pharmaceutical companies from offering or paying, directly or indirectly, any remuneration – which includes money or any other thing of value – to induce Medicare patients to purchase the companies’ drugs.

    “For far too long, Teva gamed the charitable foundation process by paying kickbacks through two foundations, and with the aid of a specialty pharmacy. Those kickbacks undermined the purpose of the Medicare co-pay system and violated the Anti-Kickback Statute,” said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. “This Office has taken the leading role in cracking down on these highly lucrative schemes that drive up the cost of essential drugs by bringing multiple enforcement actions that have returned more than $1 billion to the Medicare system. We will continue to pursue these actions to ensure that all pharmaceutical companies play by the rules and to protect the American taxpayers.

    “Kickbacks designed to induce referrals or purchases of healthcare goods or services distort physician and patient decision-making, thwart competition and bypass controls put in place to protect federal health care programs,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The Justice Department is committed to pursuing those who engage in kickback violations, including drug manufacturers, to ensure that federal health care programs continue to serve the interests of taxpayers and program beneficiaries.”

    “Pharmaceutical companies that disguise kickbacks as charitable donations to subsidize co-pays for their own drugs undermine a critical safeguard against the excessive inflation of drug prices.  The costs of these schemes are ultimately passed on to consumers and taxpayers,” said Roberto Coviello, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. “Such conduct cannot be tolerated within our health care system, and we will continue to vigorously pursue such allegations.”

    “Today’s record-breaking settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals is a victory for the public and highlights the FBI’s commitment to safeguarding the financial integrity of the Medicare program,” said Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. “Pharmaceutical companies that look to bolster their drug prices by paying illegal kickbacks – whether directly or indirectly – undermine taxpayer funded healthcare programs and compromise patient care. The FBI will continue to pursue these investigations until pharmaceutical companies stop engaging in this conduct.”

    Acting U.S. Attorney Levy, Principal Deputy AAG Boynton, HHS-OIG SAC Coviello and FBI SAC Cohen made the announcement today. The matter was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abraham R. George, Chief of the Civil Division; Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane Seol and Evan Panich of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts; and Trial Attorneys Douglas Rosenthal and Nelson Wagner of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.

    The civil action in Massachusetts is captioned United States v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al., No. 20-cv-11548 (D. Mass.). 

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Magellan Diagnostics Sentenced for Concealing Malfunction in Lead Testing Devices

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    Company failed to notify FDA about serious malfunction in lead testing devices that resulted in inaccurately low blood level results in children and adults

    BOSTON –Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Billerica, Mass., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for criminal charges related to the concealment of a device malfunction that produced inaccurately low lead test results for tens of thousands of children and other patients.

    Magellan has been ordered to pay a $21.8 million fine, $10.9 million in forfeiture and a minimum of $9.3 million to compensate patient victims. Magellan pleaded guilty to two counts of introducing a misbranded medical device into interstate commerce. Magellan was charged criminally on May 21, 2024

    “Keeping the people of Massachusetts safe takes a variety of forms. In the case of Magellan Diagnostics, it means protecting children who may have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead that can lead to serious health consequences. This company has admitted that it left lead blood level monitoring devices in pediatricians’ offices that it knew were providing inaccurately low readings, putting thousands of kids at risk of not having their elevated lead levels accurately diagnosed. In addition to holding the company accountable, this criminal sentence requires the company to undertake an extensive effort to identify and compensate victims.”

    “Medical device makers have an obligation to provide truthful information to protect patients. By deliberately concealing and consistently misleading consumers and the FDA about device malfunctions, Magellan acted with gross disregard for its responsibility to comply with FDA requirements and put patients at risk,” said Fernando McMillian, Special Agent in Charge, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, New York Field Office. “We will continue to thoroughly investigate those whose actions undermine the integrity of the FDA regulatory process which exists to protect consumer health.”

    “It’s absolutely appalling that Magellan Diagnostics was more concerned about its bottom line than it was about coming clean to their customers and the FDA about a serious malfunction in its lead testing devices that we believe unnecessarily endangered the health of incredibly vulnerable victims,” said Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. “When you’re not feeling well, and you’re trying to find out why, the last thing you should have to worry about is whether the diagnostic test you’re relying on lives up to its manufacturer’s claims. The FBI is grateful to see that the victims affected by Magellan’s actions in this case are one step closer to being compensated.”

    “Magellan concealed a serious flaw in its lead testing devices while ignoring the well-being of patients and knowingly providing inaccurate results of lead levels in the blood,” said Roberto Coviello, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. “This type of egregious conduct, which only sought to benefit the corporate bottom line, can erode the public’s trust in our nation’s health care system. Today’s sentencing should send a clear message that any company engaging in such dangerous activity will be held accountable.”

    Magellan’s LeadCare Ultra and LeadCare II devices detected lead levels and lead poisoning in the blood of children and adults using either venous (blood draws through the arm) or fingerstick samples. LeadCare II, which was predominantly used to test fingerstick samples, accounted for more than half of all blood lead tests conducted in the United States from 2013 through 2017. LeadCare Ultra was predominantly used to test venous samples.

    According to court documents, Magellan failed to timely notify the FDA about a serious malfunction that caused the company’s LeadCare devices to produce inaccurate blood lead level results when used to test venous blood samples. Magellan also changed the user instructions for the LeadCare devices without prior FDA notice or approval.

    Magellan first learned that a malfunction in its LeadCare Ultra device could cause inaccurate lead test results – specifically, lead test results that were falsely low – during the FDA clearance process in June 2013. Magellan, however, released LeadCare Ultra to the market in late 2013 without informing customers or the FDA of the malfunction. In August 2014, LeadCare Ultra customers independently discovered the malfunction and complained about inaccurate results. FDA regulations required the company to file a medical device report about the malfunction within 30 days, but Magellan did not do so.

    In November 2014, Magellan sent a letter to its LeadCare Ultra customers advising them of the malfunction and recommending that they wait 24 hours before running their tests. This contradicted the instructions for use approved by the FDA. Magellan did not, however, report the malfunction to the FDA or advise the FDA of its change to the instructions until April 2015, nearly 21 months after Magellan discovered the malfunction and almost 8 months after customers discovered the malfunction on their own. In August 2015, Magellan changed the label instructions for the LeadCare Ultra device to require users to wait 24 hours before using the device to test blood samples, rather than testing the samples immediately. FDA regulations required the company to provide advance notice of the label change and file necessary reports of device correction, but Magellan did neither.  

    Magellan’s testing in 2013 also indicated that the same malfunction affected the LeadCare II device when it was used to test venous samples. Magellan, however, did not notify the FDA about the LeadCare II malfunction until November 2016.

    The FDA ultimately found that the LeadCare devices could not accurately test venous samples, leading to a recall of all LeadCare devices using venous samples and a warning to the public not to use LeadCare Ultra, LeadCare II or LeadCare Plus for testing venous blood samples because of the malfunction and a recommendation that doctors retest certain patients.

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no safe level of lead in the blood. Lead exposure may cause irreversible lifelong physical and mental health problems. Young children and pregnant women are most vulnerable to lead exposure, especially those from low-income households and those who live in housing built before 1978 because those homes are more likely to contain lead-based paint and have fixtures containing lead.

    As part of the criminal resolution, Magellan has agreed to compensate patients who were demonstrably harmed for the economic damages they suffered as a result of the malfunction in Magellan’s blood lead testing devices. If you or a family member believe you received an inaccurate blood lead test result from a LeadCare device between 2013–2017, please complete the questionnaire located on the FBI’s website at http://www.fbi.gov/MagellanCaseInquiry. Information about the status of the case is located on the U.S. Attorney’s Office website: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/victim-and-witness-assistance-program/magellan-diagnostics-inc.

    Acting U.S. Attorney Levy; FDA SAC McMillan; FBI SAC Cohen; and HHS-OIG SAC Coviello made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys James Herbert, Kelly Lawrence and Leslie Wright of the Health Care Fraud Unit prosecuted the case.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Lynn Man Charged with Threatening an Elected Official

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    BOSTON – A Lynn man was arrested and charged for allegedly making threats to an elected official.

    Justin David Gaglio, 50, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of transmitting interstate threats. Gaglio was arrested on Sept. 27, 2024 made an initial appearance in federal court in Boston later that day. The defendant remains in federal custody following a detention hearing held on Sept. 30, 2024, as the Court took the matter of detention under advisement.

    According to the charging document, beginning in or around January 2023, Gaglio began contacting the victim via online submissions through the victim’s website. Between January 2023 and September 2024, Gaglio allegedly submitted over 80 separate messages to the victim via the website – sometimes sending multiple messages within minutes of each other.  

    It is further alleged that, on or about Sept. 8, 2024, Gaglio submitted a contact request to the victim’s website in which he threatened to murder the victim and their family.

    The charge of transmitting interstate threats carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

    Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was  provided by the United States Capital Police, the Massachusetts State Police and the Lynn and Salem Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alathea E. Porter of the National Security Unit is prosecuting the case.

    The details contained in the charging document are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Jury Found Man Guilty of First-Degree Murder and Assault

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    TULSA, Okla. – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on all four counts of an Indictment filed in March 2024. Cameron Lynn, 34, was convicted of First Degree Murder in Indian Country, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country, Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country.

    “Our community is a much safer place due to Cameron Lynn’s conviction,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “I want to thank the Tulsa Police Department and the FBI for their hard work in solving this case and working collaboratively during this investigation.” 

    According to evidence presented at trial on February 24, 2024, Tulsa Police officers were dispatched around midnight to a call where someone was shot. The caller was in a heavily wooded area near railroad tracks, flagged down officers and led them to the encampment. Officers found two victims in their tents that were shot. Medical personnel arrived on the scene and rendered aid to both victims. One victim was shot in the abdomen and transported to a local hospital. The other victim, Alcides Monroig, died at the scene.

    The caller and surviving victim told officers that they were asleep when Lynn approached their encampment. They explained that Lynn started going through their belongings, stating he was trying to find his stuff. They told officers they shined a flashlight, trying to see Lynn, and asked him to leave. Lynn refused and shot several times at both tents before fleeing.

    Several witnesses testified that they saw Lynn heading towards the encampment. After they heard several shots fired, Lynn ran toward the witnesses, telling them that they needed to leave the area and that he shot in self-defense. Before being detained, Lynn attempted to alter his appearance to avoid detection by officers. When interviewed by Tulsa Police detectives, Lynn claimed that his brother was the shooter.

    Lynn is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He will remain in custody. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

    The FBI and the Tulsa Police Department investigated the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kenneth Elmore and Stephen Flynn.

    This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about PSN, please visit Justice.gov/PSN.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Spokane Dermatologist Indicted for Using Approximately $1.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds to Buy Arizona Home, Sports Cars, and Other Properties

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced a federal grand jury has an indicted a Spokane dermatologist, and his associated businesses, for fraudulently obtaining and using approximately $1.5 million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to purchase luxury sports cars, buy real estate, and pay off personal debt.

    On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.  The CARES Act provided a number of programs through which eligible small businesses could request and obtain relief funding intended to mitigate the economic impacts of the pandemic for small and local businesses. One such program, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, provided low interest loans that could be deferred until the conclusion of the pandemic to provide “bridge” funding for small businesses to maintain their operations during shutdowns and other economic circumstances caused by the pandemic.  EIDL funds were to be used solely as working capital to alleviate economic injury to a business caused by the COVID-19 disaster, such as paying payroll, health insurance premiums, rent, utilities, and fixed debt payments.  EIDL funds were not to be used for personal purposes or to obtain real property or to pay off debts that were not yet due and owing, such as paying more than a fixed monthly payment on a mortgage or other loan.

    The Indictment announced today charges William Philip Werschler, age 66, of Spokane, Washington, along with his businesses Spokane Dermatology Clinic, Premier Clinical Research L.L.C., and 3rd and Sherman Plaza L.L.C., with 23 counts of fraud in connection with how Werschler and his businesses allegedly spent EIDL loans.

    Beginning no later than April 2020 and continuing until at least July 2022, Werschler applied for EIDL loans for his businesses: Spokane Dermatology Clinic, Premier Clinical Research, and 3rd and Sherman Plaza L.L.C.  In total, Werschler and his businesses received more than $2.9 million in EIDL money.

    The Indictment alleges that Werschler used the EIDL funds for personal purchases including over half of the $575,000 purchase price of a house in Scottsdale, Arizona; the purchase of a 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 for $166,687; the purchase of a 1997 Porsche Carrera for $88,687; and $123,960 to pay off a loan for a storage unit at 6720 N. Pittsburg Street that was used to store automobiles, jet skis, and a boat. According to the indictment, Werschler also allegedly used EIDL money to pay off the balance of a loan for property on Grant Street in Spokane, Washington, for $286,792, and $550,000 to purchase two properties across from his Spokane Dermatology Clinic, both contrary to the proper use of EIDL funds.

    “Many small and local businesses struggled to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program was designed to provide those business owners an economic lifeline,” stated U.S. Attorney Waldref. “My office has made it a priority to hold fraudsters accountable who used these critical funds to enrich themselves.”

    This case was investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigations, the FBI, and the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeremy J. Kelley.

    An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall for the Eradicate Hate Global Summit | Pittsburgh,  PA

    US Senate News:

    Source: The White House
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Thank you to each of the speakers, including the survivors, who preceded me. You are each both humbling and inspiring, and I am deeply grateful to have listened to what you have shared with us.
    It is an honor to be here with you at the fourth convening of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit.
    Thank you, Brette for your generous words — and thank you for taking on this vital leadership role. 
    The Summit has convened thousands of experts and developed multiple innovative approaches – including the “Up End Hate” campaign that empowers young people to prevent violence.  And that is just the most recent example of the impact this solutions-oriented Summit has delivered.    
    Sunday, October 27th, will mark the sixth anniversary of the horrific day when a white supremacist who hated Jews and immigrants went to the Tree of Life synagogue here in Pittsburgh and attacked the innocent human beings who were worshipping during morning Shabbat services.
    He murdered eleven people that day, robbing the world of their futures. 
    For each of them, their loved ones still grieve, and in solidarity we each can say:  May their memories be a blessing.
    The phrase is a resonant and powerful one. It invites us all not just to remember those we have lost, but to honor them by continuing to pursue justice and heal our broken world in their names.
    Looking at this week’s agenda and each of you in this room, remembering them is indeed proving to be a blessing, by motivating this hard work to translate ideas into action.
    In the aftermath of that terrible and tragic day, this community and this city have shown that an act of terror should and can unite us rather than divide us. In the Summit, you have shown the world how you have taken the emotions and prayers that arose and the actions you are undertaking and channeled them into meaningful deeds.
    It is in that spirit of moving from hope to action that I come to you today.
    I will speak to you about three topics: the threat we face now, the responses we are pursuing to address that threat, and the actions we are taking to reduce that threat in the future.
    First, we unfortunately have to acknowledge that current forms of domestic terrorism and hate have fueled a dynamic threat landscape that is even more daunting following the savage Hamas attack on Israel one year ago and its ongoing aftermath.
    These threats present a new set of challenges that we must do everything we can to prevent, to disrupt, and to prepare for if they cannot be stopped.  
    Indeed, the Biden-Harris Administration’s response to hate and domestic terrorism is outlined in a series of innovative strategies and implementation plans that harness the full force of the Federal government of the United States. 
    But critically, they depend on intensive, enduring cooperation with civic, religious, private sector and international partners like you to generate a comprehensive response.
    And although it may not feel that way every day, this model is delivering results. I am the first to admit that the challenges are immense, and even growing.  But I also fervently believe that combining our full strengths, we can come together to make a difference. 
    The Normalization of Hate and Violence
    Let me begin with the threat landscape: As the White House Homeland Security Advisor over the past four years, I have seen firsthand that a fundamental threat to our democracy is the normalization of hate-fueled violence.
    Domestic terrorist movements, including racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists, continue to advocate for widespread violence on the premise that it would lead to outcomes they seek, including chaos and societal collapse among other dystopian ends.
    These dark minds celebrate attacks in El Paso, Buffalo, Poway, Colorado Springs, Charleston, and yes, just east of here, in Squirrel Hill — as well as numerous attacks abroad that they ascribe to their twisted worldview.
    The proliferation of these ideologies online reflects this trend, and its purveyors are reaching a growing number of people, including teenagers and even younger children.
    And as this threat has evolved both in the United States and especially online, we have seen its “domestic” dimensions become increasingly global.
    Let me give you one example of what I mean.  On September 9th of this year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice arrested and charged two leaders of the Terrorgram Collective in the United States.
    These two individuals created a global community of white supremacists to communicate online with like-minded people, disseminate violent propaganda, and encourage physical attacks on minority communities and government officials.
    The amplification of hate online has corresponded with a growth in antisemitism and other forms of hate, particularly in the wake of the October 7th Hamas attacks. 
    By just one measure, between October 7th, 2023, and January 30th of this year, the FBI opened over three times more anti-Jewish hate crimes investigations than in the four months prior to the October 7th attacks. I will return to the meaningful outcomes from these investigations in a moment. 
    And October 7th has had ramifications beyond the rise in hate. We have observed terrorist groups from across the ideological spectrum seeking to exploit the attack for their own goals. Images and messaging emerging from the conflict are expanding the pool of individuals susceptible to mobilization to violent acts, and causing terrorist groups that previously disdained each other to form common cause.
    And these effects are likely to persist long after hostilities cease— and will interact with future flashpoints and activating events, which could drive terrorist attacks against the United States and Israel, as well as against Jewish, Muslim, Arab, and other communities.  
    And it is not just terrorist organizations that are of high concern. The behavior of lone actors can have significant ramifications, even when they do not commit mass violence.
    For example, in February 2024, a joint investigation between the FBI and Florida authorities led to the arrest of a 17-year-old for swatting—which is the practice of making false reports to 9-1-1 to induce a law enforcement response at a residence or workplace.
    Over a two-year span, this particular young person targeted a Florida mosque and hundreds of high schools, historically black colleges and universities, and even the homes of FBI agents.
    Swatting distracts and drains valuable law enforcement resources, exposes police to a potentially life-threatening response, and traumatizes citizens, including students and worshippers, who experience these events.
    And as if this wasn’t bad enough, it emerged that the young suspect was selling swatting as a service on Telegram— which is another way in which that platform is being exploited for dangerous purposes.
    Now, some look at today’s threat landscape and assume the worst, and conclude that there is little if anything that can be done to stop the growth of these threats. 
    But I am here today to tell you that, like all of you, we do not see it that way.    
    The Biden-Harris Administration’s Strategic Approach
    Clearly what I have described is not how we wish our world had evolved. But we have come together here to affirm that we are not powerless in the face of hate and violence.
    From day one, President Biden and Vice President Harris have pursued a rigorously calibrated, integrated approach to countering hate and domestic terrorism that is aligned with our values and complements our broader national security interests.
    This is built on their core belief that domestic terrorism and hate strike at the very foundation of our democracy.
    Indeed, President Biden decided to run for the White House back in 2017 after men with tiki torches emerged from the shadows in Charlottesville spewing the same Antisemitic bile we heard in Germany in the 1930s. 
    That’s why, on his first day in office, President Biden directed me to lead a 100-day comprehensive review of U.S. Government efforts to address domestic terrorism.  This resulted in the development and release of the first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism in June of 2021.
    We went to work immediately on implementing that strategy.  And to complement it, recognizing how critical our partners beyond the Federal government would be to our success, in September of 2022, President Biden hosted the United We Stand Summit to mobilize communities to work with us in advancing an inclusive and bipartisan vision for a more united America and to push back against the growing normalization of hate in our society.
    In December of that year, Susan Rice – then the President’s Domestic Policy Advisor – and I launched an initiative to specifically tackle Antisemitism, Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrimination.
    This led to our releasing, in May 2023, the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. And we have been working to develop a complementary strategy to address Islamophobia. 
    Importantly, our approach not only tackles the threats of today but prepares for emerging and future threats. 
    So I want to focus here on three key elements of the strategy: first, our efforts to hold accountable those who engage in hate-fueled violence and hate crimes; second, our efforts to protect vulnerable communities; and third, our efforts to prevent such acts from occurring in the first place.
    Accountability Measures
    Our Administration has prioritized the use of our legal authorities and tools to expand investigations and prosecutions. 
    As a result, from 2020 to 2022, the number of FBI domestic violent extremism and domestic terrorism investigations more than doubled to over 2,700. 
    In 2022, the Department of Justice also created a specific domestic terrorism unit within its National Security Division to handle these investigations and prosecutions.
    And a similar dynamic is occurring in our efforts to address hate crimes. The FBI has published and widely disseminated information about what constitutes a hate crime and how to report them, and reinforced this by conducting over 70 meetings with faith-based organizations since October 7th.
    These efforts, combined with the FBI’s tireless work to investigate every lead they receive, have delivered results.  Let me describe a few.  
    In November of 2023, a Tampa, Florida, resident was arrested by the FBI for allegedly leaving threatening voicemails at two Jewish organizations in New York.
    In January 2024, a Massachusetts man was arrested for threatening to kill members of the Jewish community and bomb places of worship.
    And just last month, the Department of Justice announced criminal charges against a Pakistani national arrested in Canada who was planning to travel to New York City to attack a Jewish Community Center on the anniversary of October 7th.
    Protection Measures
    We have also driven efforts to enhance the safety and security of Jewish and other communities targeted for hate and violence. For example, President Biden worked with Congress to secure an additional $400 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Nonprofit Security Grant Program in February of this year.
    This grant program funds security improvements and training for nonprofits and houses of worship, including campus organizations and community centers.
    For example, the same program paid to install cameras and boost other security measures in Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas—actions that the congregation’s Rabbi credited with avoiding loss of life when a terrorist took hostages in the synagogue in January 2022. 
    We have also worked in partnership with a wide range of state and local leaders and non-governmental partners to help communities and institutions protect themselves against and prevent hate.
    As just one example, this past summer we provided 5,000 campus leaders all across the country with a detailed list of the federal resources available to help them establish safer and more secure learning environments for their students, faculty, and staff.  
    We sent Federal experts to campuses, hosted a variety of convenings to discuss challenges and identify solutions, and released updated toolkits to enhance their preparations for the new academic year that began in August.
    This effort is ongoing, and the fear and anxiety of those who feel threatened on campuses persists. But it is clear that the resources and toolkits we have shared align with the changes that many campuses have successfully implemented this Fall.  
    Prevention
    And this brings me to the third element of our response—the actions we are taking now to prevent hate-fueled violence and domestic terrorism in the future, before they occur. 
    We know that a complex process brings an individual to pursue targeted violence or terrorism. But we also know that there are behaviors and other signs that people see that are clues that an individual might be trending toward or contemplating an act of targeted violence or terrorism.   
    We have elevated the prevention of targeted violence and terrorism as a strategic priority for countering terrorism, antisemitism, and related forms of hate. 
    Our goal has been to build a prevention architecture that supports nation-wide state and local efforts to intervene and “offramp” individuals who appear to be moving toward committing acts of targeted violence and terrorism.
    At the Federal level, we have surged support to state and local behavioral Threat Assessment and Management, or “TAM” teams as we refer to them.
    For example, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit has embedded specifically trained agents who are called “threat management coordinators” in their field offices and is working to ensure that each of their field offices are participating in the local Threat Assessment and Management teams. Some of these coordinators are here with us today.   
    Likewise, the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center recently released a six-step guide for state and local law enforcement about how they can most efficiently establish a TAM team that can assess and intervene with individuals identified as posing a risk of violence.
    And there is the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, which I know is well represented here in the room.  Among their many accomplishments, I want to highlight their work creating and curating the online Prevention Resource Finder, which you can Google at that name—literally a one-stop shop that lists all Federal resources available to help state and local governments prevent acts of targeted violence and terrorism. We recently expanded the website, and it now offers nearly 150 resources.
    It’s important to say again here that the Federal government cannot effectively tackle this metastatic challenge alone.
    Indeed, all of the evidence shows that prevention is most effective when led by our state and local partners, who are on the ground, embedded in our communities. This is especially true for TAM teams, which often operate at the county or municipal level.
    The good news is that we know state and local partners can do this quickly and successfully in partnership with Federal expertise and assistance. Let me give you an example.
    In the days and weeks following the appalling May 14th, 2022, domestic terrorist attack at the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, the state of New York quickly reached out to the Federal Department of Homeland Security and other Federal agencies to explore how to expand existing partnerships and build a statewide prevention effort.
    To be clear, this was led by and implemented by the State of New York, but the Federal government offered substantial assistance to the State of New York.
    And by 2023, New York had launched a statewide targeted violence prevention strategy that included placing at least one TAM team in every county.
    Just two years after the Buffalo attack, New York had established TAM teams in forty-three counties and the City of New York.
    In May, New York noted that their TAM teams were collectively intervening in more than one thousand two hundred cases.
    And, more important, these TAM teams are saving lives, taking action with respect to certain individuals who were clearly planning acts of targeted violence.  
    This is critical, painstaking, lifesaving work, and I am encouraged to see that many more states are responding to our calls to move in this direction.
    This is progress, and if we persist, these efforts will reduce violence in our Homeland.  
    Closing
    In closing, I want to thank each of you for the work you do every day to prevent, to prepare, and to respond to this phenomenon that is tragically impacting so many of our communities and leaving families and neighborhoods devastated. 
    Your partnership with us is vital to stopping the normalization of hate-fueled violence that threatens our democracy. 
    Again, I want commend the work of this Summit. You are the embodiment of what I have spoken about today.  And there is a real feeling of solidarity in a group like this, and we can and must draw strength from one another.
    For a moment, I will take you back to another very dark time in our Nation’s history — the days and weeks after 9/11. Then I had very young children — and to focus them on the positive in a time of terror I would say to them, “look at all the helpers — there are so many people who are helping other people.”
    You are the helpers today, the doers, the healers in these times, and your work to scale up prevention efforts – and to mobilize the youth of our country to be a part of the solution to hate – are two of the numerous examples of how the agenda for the coming three days will build a stronger and safer America for all of us, and set an example for the world. 
    I salute you for all your commitment, your dedication, and everything you are doing — 
    And I will end where I began. While the threats are real and pernicious, we take inspiration from each other and from those we have lost.  
    May each of their memories be a blessing – and may our work together light the way to a brighter and more secure future.     

    MIL OSI USA News –

  • MIL-OSI: Sandy Spring Bancorp Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $16.2 Million

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    OLNEY, Md., Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq-SASR), the parent company of Sandy Spring Bank, reported net income of $16.2 million ($0.36 per diluted common share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $22.8 million ($0.51 per diluted common share) for the second quarter of 2024 and $20.7 million ($0.46 per diluted common share) for the third quarter of 2023.

    Current quarter’s core earnings were $17.9 million ($0.40 per diluted common share), compared to $24.4 million ($0.54 per diluted common share) for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and $27.8 million ($0.62 per diluted common share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Core earnings exclude the after-tax impact of amortization of intangibles, investment securities gains or losses and other non-recurring or extraordinary items. The current quarter’s decline in net income and core earnings as compared to the linked quarter was driven by higher provision for credit losses combined with higher non-interest expense, partially offset by higher net interest income. The total provision for credit losses was $6.3 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $1.0 million for the previous quarter and $2.4 million for the third quarter of 2023.

    “We have a solid capital position and are seeing ongoing success with our core deposit strategies and our wealth management lines of business,” said Daniel J. Schrider, Chair, President & CEO of Sandy Spring Bank. “Our wealth teams – Sandy Spring Trust, and our subsidiaries, West Financial and RPJ – have an expanding number of referrals from current clients and work closely with business owners from early growth through maturity. The success of our wealth teams’ approach is reflected in our strong fee income results.”

    Third Quarter Highlights

    • Total assets at September 30, 2024 increased by 3% to $14.4 billion compared to $14.0 billion at June 30, 2024.
    • Total loans remained level at $11.5 billion as of September 30, 2024 compared to June 30, 2024. During the current quarter, AD&C and commercial business loans and lines increased by $71.3 million and $19.4 million, respectively, while the commercial investor real estate segment declined by $64.9 million. Total residential mortgage and consumer loan portfolios remained relatively unchanged during this period.
    • Deposits increased by $397.5 million or 4% to $11.7 billion at September 30, 2024 compared to $11.3 billion at June 30, 2024, as interest-bearing deposits increased $425.8 million, while noninterest-bearing deposits declined $28.3 million. Strong growth in the interest-bearing deposit categories was mainly experienced within money market, time deposits and savings accounts, which grew by $185.2 million, $151.5 million, and $66.1 million, respectively, compared to the linked quarter. The decline in noninterest-bearing deposit categories was driven by lower balances in personal and small business checking accounts. Total deposits, excluding brokered deposits, increased by $351.7 million or 3% quarter-over-quarter and represented 94% of total deposits as of September 30, 2024.
    • The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 1.09% at September 30, 2024 compared to 0.81% at June 30, 2024 and 0.46% at September 30, 2023. The current quarter’s increase in non-performing loans was mainly related to a single AD&C loan that was placed on non-accrual status during the current period. Net charge-offs for the current quarter totaled $0.7 million.
    • Net interest income for the third quarter of 2024 grew $1.1 million or 1% compared to the previous quarter and decreased by $3.7 million or 4% compared to the third quarter of 2023. Compared to the previous quarter, interest income increased by $5.0 million, while interest expense increased by $3.9 million.
    • The net interest margin was 2.44% for the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2.46% for the second quarter of 2024 and 2.55% for the third quarter of 2023. During the current quarter, the net interest margin was negatively impacted by a reversal of previously accrued uncollected interest income on a single large AD&C loan placed on a non-accrual status. Compared to the linked quarter, the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities increased seven basis points, while the yield on interest-earning assets increased three basis points.
    • Provision for credit losses directly attributable to the funded loan portfolio was $6.3 million for the current quarter compared to $3.0 million in the previous quarter and $3.2 million in the prior year quarter. The current quarter’s provision expense is mainly attributable to higher individual reserves on collateral-dependent loans, primarily related to a single AD&C loan due to the borrower-specific circumstances, partially offset by lower qualitative adjustments due to the reduction in commercial investor real estate loans. In addition, during the current quarter, the provision for unfunded commitments was insignificant compared to a credit of $1.9 million from the previous quarter.
    • Non-interest income for the third quarter of 2024 increased by 1% or $0.1 million compared to the linked quarter and grew by 13% or $2.3 million compared to the prior year quarter. The quarter-over-quarter increase was mainly driven by higher wealth management income and other income, generated by higher credit-related fees, which was fully offset by lower income from bank owned life insurance due to a receipt of one-time mortality proceeds during the prior quarter.
    • Non-interest expense for the third quarter of 2024 increased by $4.8 million compared to the second quarter of 2024 and $0.5 million compared to the prior year quarter. The quarterly increase in non-interest expense was primarily due to higher salaries and benefits along with an increase in professional fees and services.
    • Return on average assets (“ROA”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was 0.46% and return on average tangible common equity (“ROTCE”) was 5.88% compared to 0.66% and 8.27%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2024 and 0.58% and 7.42%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2023. On a non-GAAP basis, the current quarter’s core ROA was 0.50% and core ROTCE was 5.88% compared to 0.70% and 8.27%, respectively, for the previous quarter and 0.78% and 9.51%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2023.
    • The GAAP efficiency ratio was 72.12% for the third quarter of 2024, compared to 68.19% for the second quarter of 2024 and 70.72% for the third quarter of 2023. The non-GAAP efficiency ratio was 69.06% for the third quarter of 2024 compared to 65.31% for the second quarter of 2024 and 60.91% for the prior year quarter. The increase in non-GAAP efficiency ratio (reflecting a decrease in efficiency) in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter was the result of higher non-interest expense in the current quarter.

    Balance Sheet and Credit Quality

    Total assets were $14.4 billion at September 30, 2024, as compared to $14.0 billion at June 30, 2024. At September 30, 2024, total loans remained stable at $11.5 billion compared to the previous quarter. During this period, the growth in AD&C and commercial business loans and lines of $71.3 million or 6% and $19.4 million or 1%, respectively, were mostly offset by the decline in commercial investor real estate loans of $64.9 million or 1%. Total residential mortgage and consumer loan portfolios remained relatively unchanged.

    Deposits increased $397.5 million or 4% to $11.7 billion at September 30, 2024 compared to $11.3 billion at June 30, 2024. During this period, noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $28.3 million or 1%, while interest-bearing deposits increased $425.8 million or 5%. The slight decline in noninterest-bearing deposit categories was driven by decreases in personal and small business checking accounts, partially offset by an increase in commercial checking accounts. Growth in interest-bearing deposits was seen across all product categories, but most notably in money market and time deposit accounts which grew $185.2 million or 7% and $151.5 million or 6% during the current quarter, respectively. Total deposits, excluding brokered deposits, increased by $351.7 million or 3% quarter-over-quarter and remained at 94% of the total deposits as of September 30, 2024 compared to June 30, 2024, reflecting continued strength and stability of the core deposit base. Total uninsured deposits at September 30, 2024 were approximately 37% of total deposits.

    Total borrowings decreased $54.1 million or 6% at September 30, 2024 as compared to the previous quarter, primarily driven by a $50.0 million pay down of FHLB advances. At September 30, 2024, available unused sources of liquidity, which consist of available FHLB borrowings, fed funds, funds through the Federal Reserve Bank’s discount window, as well as excess cash and unpledged investment securities, totaled $6.3 billion or 146% of uninsured deposits.

    The tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio declined slightly to 8.83% at September 30, 2024, compared to 8.85% at June 30, 2024.

    At September 30, 2024, the Company had a total risk-based capital ratio of 15.53%, a common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.27%, a tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.27%, and a tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.59%. These risk-based capital ratios compare to a total risk-based capital ratio of 15.49%, a common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.28%, a tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.28%, and a tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.70% at June 30, 2024. All of these ratios remain well in excess of the mandated minimum regulatory requirements.

    Non-performing loans include non-accrual loans and accruing loans 90 days or more past due. At September 30, 2024, non-performing loans totaled $125.3 million, compared to $93.0 million at June 30, 2024 and $51.8 million at September 30, 2023. The non-performing loans to total loans ratio was 1.09% compared to 0.81% on a linked quarter basis. These levels of non-performing loans compare to 0.46% at September 30, 2023. The current quarter’s increase in non-performing loans was mainly related to a single AD&C loan with the total outstanding principal balance of $28.0 million, which was placed on a non-accrual status during the current period. Total net charge-offs for the current quarter amounted to $0.7 million compared to $0.2 million for the second quarter of 2024 and $0.1 million for the third quarter of 2023.

    At September 30, 2024, the allowance for credit losses was $131.4 million or 1.14% of outstanding loans and 105% of non-performing loans, compared to $125.9 million or 1.10% of outstanding loans and 135% of non-performing loans at the end of the previous quarter and $123.4 million or 1.09% of outstanding loans and 238% of non-performing loans at the end of the third quarter of 2023. The increase in the allowance for the current quarter compared to the previous quarter mainly reflects higher individual reserves on collateral-dependent non-accrual loans, primarily driven by the aforementioned AD&C lending relationship, partially offset by lower qualitative adjustments as a result of declines in commercial investor real estate loans.

    Income Statement Review

    Quarterly Results

    Net income was $16.2 million ($0.36 per diluted common share) for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $22.8 million ($0.51 per diluted common share) for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and $20.7 million ($0.46 per diluted common share) for the prior year quarter. The current quarter’s core earnings were $17.9 million ($0.40 per diluted common share), compared to $24.4 million ($0.54 per diluted common share) for the previous quarter and $27.8 million ($0.62 per diluted common share) for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The decreases in the current quarter’s net income and core earnings compared to the previous quarter were driven primarily by higher provision for credit losses and non-interest expense.

    Net interest income for the third quarter of 2024 increased $1.1 million or 1% compared to the previous quarter and declined $3.7 million or 4% compared to the third quarter of 2023. During the current quarter, interest income increased $5.0 million, while interest expense increased $3.9 million. The rising interest rate environment was primarily responsible for a $7.7 million year-over-year increase in interest income. This growth in interest income was more than offset by the $11.4 million year-over-year growth in interest expense as funding costs have also risen in response to the rising rate environment and significant competition for deposits.

    The net interest margin was 2.44% for the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2.46% for the second quarter of 2024 and 2.55% for the third quarter of 2023. The decrease in the net interest margin during the current quarter was a result of a seven basis point increase in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, while the yield earned on interest-earning assets rose three basis points. The current quarter’s net interest margin was negatively impacted by approximately three basis points due to the reversal of previously accrued uncollected interest income on a single large AD&C loan placed on non-accrual status during the period. As compared to the prior year quarter, the yield on interest-earning assets increased 23 basis points while the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities rose 39 basis points, resulting in net interest margin compression of 11 basis points. The rate and yield increases year-over-year were driven by the higher interest rate environment, competition for deposits in the market, and customer movement of excess funds out of noninterest-bearing accounts into higher yielding products.

    The total provision for credit losses was $6.3 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $1.0 million for the previous quarter and $2.4 million for the third quarter of 2023. The provision for credit losses directly attributable to the funded loan portfolio was $6.3 million for the current quarter compared to $3.0 million for the second quarter of 2024 and $3.2 million for the third quarter of 2023. The current quarter’s provision is mainly a reflection of higher individual reserves on collateral-dependent non-accrual loans, primarily associated with the provision on a single AD&C lending relationship based on the current fair value of the collateral, partially offset by lower qualitative adjustments driven by an overall reduction in commercial investor real estate loan portfolio. In addition, during the current quarter, the reserve for unfunded commitments remained relatively stable at $1.5 million.

    Non-interest income for the third quarter of 2024 increased by 1% or $0.1 million compared to the linked quarter and grew by 13% or $2.3 million compared to the prior year quarter. The current quarter’s increase in non-interest income as compared to the previous quarter was mainly driven by the $0.4 million increase in other income, generated by credit-related fees, and $0.3 million increase in wealth management income, due to the $352.1 million or 6% growth in assets under management quarter-over-quarter and the overall favorable market performance, offset by $0.5 million decrease in BOLI income, due to the receipt of one-time death proceeds in the prior quarter.

    Non-interest expense for the third quarter of 2024 increased $4.8 million or 7% compared to the second quarter of 2024 and $0.5 million or 1% compared to the third quarter of 2023. The quarter-over-quarter increase is predominantly attributable to the $3.2 million increase in salaries and benefits, due to the increase in employee incentive compensation coupled with the $1.6 million increase in professional fees and services, mostly due to a one-time contract negotiation fee. The prior year quarter included $8.2 million of pension settlement expense related to the termination of the Company’s pension plan. Excluding this item, non-interest expense for the third quarter of 2024 increased $8.6 million or 13% compared to the third quarter of 2023.

    For the third quarter of 2024, the GAAP efficiency ratio was 72.12% compared to 68.19% for the second quarter of 2024 and 70.72% for the third quarter of 2023. The GAAP efficiency ratio rose from the prior year quarter primarily as a result of the 1% increase in GAAP non-interest expense coupled with the 1% decline in GAAP revenue. The non-GAAP efficiency ratio was 69.06% for the current quarter as compared to 65.31% for the second quarter of 2024 and 60.91% for the third quarter of 2023. The increase in the non-GAAP efficiency ratio (reflecting a decrease in efficiency) from the third quarter of the prior year to the current year quarter was primarily the result of the 12% increase in adjusted non-interest expense.

    ROA for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was 0.46% and ROTCE was 5.88% compared to 0.66% and 8.27%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2024 and 0.58% and 7.42%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2023. On a non-GAAP basis, the current quarter’s core ROA was 0.50% and core ROTCE was 5.88% compared to 0.70% and 8.27% for the second quarter of 2024 and 0.78% and 9.51%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2023.

    Year-to-Date Results

    The Company recorded net income of $59.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to net income of $96.7 million for the same period in the prior year. Core earnings were $64.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $107.2 million for the same period in the prior year. Year-to-date net income and core earnings declined as a result of lower net interest income in combination with higher provision for credit losses, which was partially offset by higher non-interest income.

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net interest income decreased $31.8 million compared to the prior year as a result of the $61.1 million increase in interest expense, partially offset by the $29.3 million increase in interest income. The increase in interest expense was driven by the interest expense on deposits, primarily associated with savings and time deposit accounts. The net interest margin declined to 2.44% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 2.75% for the prior year, primarily as a result of higher funding costs due to the elevated interest rate environment and market competition for deposits during the period.

    The provision for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $9.7 million as compared to a credit of $14.1 million for 2023. The provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to an increase in individual reserves on collateral-dependent non-accrual loans, as well as adjustments applied to specific industries within the commercial real estate segment during the first quarter of 2024. The prior year’s credit to provision was mainly attributable to the improving regional forecasted unemployment rate observed during the first half of 2023, and the declining probability of economic recession.

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, non-interest income increased 14% to $57.7 million compared to $50.5 million for 2023. During the current year, wealth management income increased $3.7 million or 14%, as assets under management increased $1.0 billion or 19% year-over-year. In addition, BOLI mortality-related income and service charges on deposit accounts increased $1.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

    Non-interest expense increased to $209.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $207.9 million for 2023. The drivers of the increase in non-interest expense were the $4.0 million increase in professional fees and services, $2.7 increase in amortization of intangible assets, $1.8 million increase in FDIC expense, and $1.2 million increase in outside data services. These year-over-year increases were offset by the $9.2 million decrease in compensation and benefits, as the prior year period included $8.2 million pension termination expense and $1.9 million of severance related expenses associated with staffing adjustments.

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the GAAP efficiency ratio was 69.98% compared to 64.29% for the same period in 2023. The non-GAAP efficiency ratio for the current year was 67.04% compared to 59.42% for the prior year. The growth in the current year’s GAAP and non-GAAP efficiency ratios compared to the prior year, indicating a decline in efficiency, was the result of the declines in GAAP and non-GAAP revenues combined with the growth in GAAP and non-GAAP non-interest expenses.

    Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    This news release contains financial information and performance measures determined by methods other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The Company’s management believes that the supplemental non-GAAP information provides a better comparison of period-to-period operating performance. Additionally, the Company believes this information is utilized by regulators and market analysts to evaluate a company’s financial condition and, therefore, such information is useful to investors. Non-GAAP measures used in this release consist of the following:

    • Tangible common equity and related measures are non-GAAP measures that exclude the impact of goodwill and other intangible assets.
    • The non-GAAP efficiency ratio excludes amortization of intangible assets, investment securities gains/(losses), severance expense, contingent payment expense, and includes tax-equivalent income.
    • Core earnings and the related measures of core earnings per diluted common share, core return on average assets and core return on average tangible common equity reflect net income exclusive of amortization of intangible assets, investment securities gains/(losses) and other non-recurring or extraordinary items, on a net of tax basis.
    • Pre-tax pre-provision net income excludes income tax expense and the provision (credit) for credit losses.

    These disclosures should not be viewed as a substitute for financial results in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies. Please refer to the non-GAAP Reconciliation tables included with this release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

    Conference Call Cancelled

    As a result of today’s announcement that the Company has entered into a merger agreement with Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, the Company has cancelled its conference call scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET today to discuss the Company’s results for the third quarter of 2024.

    About Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., headquartered in Olney, Maryland, is the holding company for Sandy Spring Bank, a premier community bank in the Greater Washington, D.C. region. With over 50 locations, the bank offers a broad range of commercial and retail banking, mortgage, private banking, and trust services throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Through its subsidiaries, Rembert Pendleton Jackson and West Financial Services, Inc., Sandy Spring Bank also offers a comprehensive menu of wealth management services.

    Source: Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.
    Code: SASR-E

    Forward-Looking Statements

    Sandy Spring Bancorp’s forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks identified in our quarterly and annual reports and the following: changes in general business and economic conditions nationally or in the markets that we serve; changes in consumer and business confidence, investor sentiment, or consumer spending or savings behavior; changes in the level of inflation; changes in the demand for loans, deposits and other financial services that we provide; the possibility that future credit losses may be higher than currently expected; the impact of the interest rate environment on our business, financial condition and results of operations; the impact of compliance with changes in laws, regulations and regulatory interpretations, including changes in income taxes; changes in credit ratings assigned to us or our subsidiaries; the ability to realize benefits and cost savings from, and limit any unexpected liabilities associated with, any business combinations; competitive pressures among financial services companies; the ability to attract, develop and retain qualified employees; our ability to maintain the security of our data processing and information technology systems; the impact of changes in accounting policies, including the introduction of new accounting standards; the impact of judicial or regulatory proceedings; the impact of fiscal and governmental policies of the United States federal government; the impact of health emergencies, epidemics or pandemics; the effects of climate change; and the impact of natural disasters, extreme weather events, military conflict, terrorism or other geopolitical events. Sandy Spring Bancorp provides greater detail regarding some of these factors in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, including in the Risk Factors section of that report, and in its other SEC reports. Sandy Spring Bancorp’s forward-looking statements may also be subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those that it may discuss elsewhere in this news release or in its filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – UNAUDITED

        Three Months Ended
    September 30,    		       Nine Months Ended
    September 30,    		    
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)     2024       2023     %
    Change    		     2024       2023     %
    Change
    Results of operations:                        
    Net interest income   $ 81,412     $ 85,081     (4 )%   $ 241,040     $ 272,854     (12 )%
    Provision/ (credit) for credit losses     6,316       2,365     167 %     9,724       (14,116 )   N/M
    Non-interest income     19,715       17,391     13       57,669       50,518     14  
    Non-interest expense     72,937       72,471     1       209,047       207,912     1  
    Income before income tax expense     21,874       27,636     (21 )     79,938       129,576     (38 )
    Net income     16,209       20,746     (22 )     59,388       96,744     (39 )
                             
    Net income attributable to common shareholders   $ 16,205     $ 20,719     (22 )   $ 59,351     $ 96,552     (39 )
    Pre-tax pre-provision net income (1)   $ 28,190     $ 30,001     (6 )   $ 89,662     $ 115,460     (22 )
                             
    Return on average assets     0.46 %     0.58 %         0.56 %     0.92 %    
    Return on average common equity     4.01 %     5.35 %         4.99 %     8.50 %    
    Return on average tangible common equity (1)     5.88 %     7.42 %         7.17 %     11.67 %    
    Net interest margin     2.44 %     2.55 %         2.44 %     2.75 %    
    Efficiency ratio – GAAP basis (2)     72.12 %     70.72 %         69.98 %     64.29 %    
    Efficiency ratio – Non-GAAP basis (2)     69.06 %     60.91 %         67.04 %     59.42 %    
                             
    Per share data:                        
    Basic net income per common share   $ 0.36     $ 0.46     (22 )%   $ 1.32     $ 2.16     (39 )%
    Diluted net income per common share   $ 0.36     $ 0.46     (22 )   $ 1.31     $ 2.15     (39 )
    Weighted average diluted common shares     45,242,920       44,960,455     1       45,156,521       44,912,803     1  
    Dividends declared per share   $ 0.34     $ 0.34     —     $ 1.02     $ 1.02     —  
    Book value per common share   $ 36.10     $ 34.26     5     $ 36.10     $ 34.26     5  
    Tangible book value per common share (1)   $ 27.37     $ 25.80     6     $ 27.37     $ 25.80     6  
    Outstanding common shares     45,125,078       44,895,158     1       45,125,078       44,895,158     1  
                             
    Financial condition at period-end:                        
    Investment securities   $ 1,440,488     $ 1,392,078     3 %   $ 1,440,488     $ 1,392,078     3 %
    Loans     11,491,921       11,300,292     2       11,491,921       11,300,292     2  
    Assets     14,383,073       14,135,085     2       14,383,073       14,135,085     2  
    Deposits     11,737,694       11,151,012     5       11,737,694       11,151,012     5  
    Stockholders’ equity     1,628,837       1,537,914     6       1,628,837       1,537,914     6  
                             
    Capital ratios:                        
    Tier 1 leverage (3)     9.59 %     9.50 %         9.59 %     9.50 %    
    Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (3)     11.27 %     10.83 %         11.27 %     10.83 %    
    Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (3)     11.27 %     10.83 %         11.27 %     10.83 %    
    Total regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (3)     15.53 %     14.85 %         15.53 %     14.85 %    
    Tangible common equity to tangible assets (4)     8.83 %     8.42 %         8.83 %     8.42 %    
    Average equity to average assets     11.37 %     10.92 %         11.32 %     10.84 %    
                             
    Credit quality ratios:                        
    Allowance for credit losses to loans     1.14 %     1.09 %         1.14 %     1.09 %    
    Non-performing loans to total loans     1.09 %     0.46 %         1.09 %     0.46 %    
    Non-performing assets to total assets     0.89 %     0.37 %         0.89 %     0.37 %    
    Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans     104.92 %     238.32 %         104.92 %     238.32 %    
    Annualized net charge-offs/ (recoveries) to average loans (5)     0.03 %     — %         0.02 %     0.02 %    
    N/M – not meaningful
    (1) Represents a non-GAAP measure.
    (2) The efficiency ratio – GAAP basis is non-interest expense divided by net interest income plus non-interest income from the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The traditional efficiency ratio – Non-GAAP basis excludes intangible asset amortization, pension settlement expense, severance expense and contingent payment expense from non-interest expense; and investment securities gains/ (losses) from non-interest income; and adds the tax-equivalent adjustment to net interest income. See the Reconciliation Table included with these Financial Highlights.
    (3) Estimated ratio at September 30, 2024.
    (4) The tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio is a non-GAAP ratio that divides assets excluding goodwill and other intangible assets into stockholders’ equity after deducting goodwill and other intangible assets. See the Reconciliation Table included with these Financial Highlights.
    (5) Calculation utilizes average loans, excluding residential mortgage loans held-for-sale.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    RECONCILIATION TABLE – UNAUDITED (CONTINUED)
    OPERATING EARNINGS – METRICS

        Three Months Ended
    September 30,    		   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2024       2023       2024       2023  
    Core earnings (non-GAAP):                
    Net income (GAAP)   $ 16,209     $ 20,746     $ 59,388     $ 96,744  
    Plus/ (less) non-GAAP adjustments (net of tax)(1):                
    Amortization of intangible assets     1,727       932       4,864       2,851  
    Severance expense     —       —       —       1,445  
    Pension settlement expense     —       6,088       —       6,088  
    Contingent payment expense     —       —       —       27  
    Core earnings (Non-GAAP)   $ 17,936     $ 27,766     $ 64,252     $ 107,155  
                     
    Core earnings per diluted common share (non-GAAP):                
    Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted (GAAP)     45,242,920       44,960,455       45,156,521       44,912,803  
                     
    Earnings per diluted common share (GAAP)   $ 0.36     $ 0.46     $ 1.31     $ 2.15  
    Core earnings per diluted common share (non-GAAP)   $ 0.40     $ 0.62     $ 1.42     $ 2.39  
                     
    Core return on average assets (non-GAAP):                
    Average assets (GAAP)   $ 14,136,037     $ 14,086,342     $ 14,051,722     $ 14,043,925  
                     
    Return on average assets (GAAP)     0.46 %     0.58 %     0.56 %     0.92 %
    Core return on average assets (non-GAAP)     0.50 %     0.78 %     0.61 %     1.02 %
                     
    Return/ Core return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP):                
    Net Income (GAAP)   $ 16,209     $ 20,746     $ 59,388     $ 96,744  
    Plus: Amortization of intangible assets (net of tax)     1,727       932       4,864       2,851  
    Net income before amortization of intangible assets   $ 17,936     $ 21,678     $ 64,252     $ 99,595  
                     
    Average total stockholders’ equity (GAAP)   $ 1,607,377     $ 1,538,553     $ 1,590,682     $ 1,522,153  
    Average goodwill     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )
    Average other intangible assets, net     (30,679 )     (16,777 )     (29,940 )     (18,068 )
    Average tangible common equity (non-GAAP)   $ 1,213,262     $ 1,158,340     $ 1,197,306     $ 1,140,649  
                     
    Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP)     5.88 %     7.42 %     7.17 %     11.67 %
    Core return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP)     5.88 %     9.51 %     7.17 %     12.56 %
    (1) Tax adjustments have been determined using the combined marginal federal and state rate of 25.48% and 25.37% for 2024 and 2023, respectively.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    RECONCILIATION TABLE – UNAUDITED

        Three Months Ended
    September 30,    		   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
    (Dollars in thousands)     2024       2023       2024       2023  
    Pre-tax pre-provision net income:                
    Net income (GAAP)   $ 16,209     $ 20,746     $ 59,388     $ 96,744  
    Plus/ (less) non-GAAP adjustments:                
    Income tax expense     5,665       6,890       20,550       32,832  
    Provision/ (credit) for credit losses     6,316       2,365       9,724       (14,116 )
    Pre-tax pre-provision net income (non-GAAP)   $ 28,190     $ 30,001     $ 89,662     $ 115,460  
                     
    Efficiency ratio (GAAP):                
    Non-interest expense   $ 72,937     $ 72,471     $ 209,047     $ 207,912  
                     
    Net interest income plus non-interest income   $ 101,127     $ 102,472     $ 298,709     $ 323,372  
                     
    Efficiency ratio (GAAP)     72.12 %     70.72 %     69.98 %     64.29 %
                     
    Efficiency ratio (Non-GAAP):                
    Non-interest expense   $ 72,937     $ 72,471     $ 209,047     $ 207,912  
    Less non-GAAP adjustments:                
    Amortization of intangible assets     2,323       1,245       6,527       3,820  
    Severance expense     —       —       —       1,939  
    Pension settlement expense     —       8,157       —       8,157  
    Contingent payment expense     —       —       —       36  
    Non-interest expense – as adjusted   $ 70,614     $ 63,069     $ 202,520     $ 193,960  
                     
    Net interest income plus non-interest income   $ 101,127     $ 102,472     $ 298,709     $ 323,372  
    Plus non-GAAP adjustment:                
    Tax-equivalent income     1,121       1,068       3,359       3,044  
    Less/ (plus) non-GAAP adjustment:                
    Investment securities gains/ (losses)     —       —       —       —  
    Net interest income plus non-interest income – as adjusted   $ 102,248     $ 103,540     $ 302,068     $ 326,416  
                     
    Efficiency ratio (Non-GAAP)     69.06 %     60.91 %     67.04 %     59.42 %
                     
    Tangible common equity ratio:                
    Total stockholders’ equity   $ 1,628,837     $ 1,537,914     $ 1,628,837     $ 1,537,914  
    Goodwill     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )
    Other intangible assets, net     (30,514 )     (16,035 )     (30,514 )     (16,035 )
    Tangible common equity   $ 1,234,887     $ 1,158,443     $ 1,234,887     $ 1,158,443  
                     
    Total assets   $ 14,383,073     $ 14,135,085     $ 14,383,073     $ 14,135,085  
    Goodwill     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )     (363,436 )
    Other intangible assets, net     (30,514 )     (16,035 )     (30,514 )     (16,035 )
    Tangible assets   $ 13,989,123     $ 13,755,614     $ 13,989,123     $ 13,755,614  
                     
    Tangible common equity ratio     8.83 %     8.42 %     8.83 %     8.42 %
                     
    Outstanding common shares     45,125,078       44,895,158       45,125,078       44,895,158  
    Tangible book value per common share   $ 27.37     $ 25.80     $ 27.37     $ 25.80  

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION – UNAUDITED

    (Dollars in thousands)   September 30,
    2024    		   December 31,
    2023
    Assets        
    Cash and due from banks   $ 109,583     $ 82,257  
    Federal funds sold     —       245  
    Interest-bearing deposits with banks     640,763       463,396  
    Cash and cash equivalents     750,346       545,898  
    Residential mortgage loans held for sale (at fair value)     21,489       10,836  
    SBA loans held for sale     425       —  
    Investments held-to-maturity (fair values of $189,853 and $200,411 at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)     220,296       236,165  
    Investments available-for-sale (at fair value)     1,149,056       1,102,681  
    Other investments, at cost     71,136       75,607  
    Total loans     11,491,921       11,366,989  
    Less: allowance for credit losses – loans     (131,428 )     (120,865 )
    Net loans     11,360,493       11,246,124  
    Premises and equipment, net     57,249       59,490  
    Other real estate owned     3,265       —  
    Accrued interest receivable     45,162       46,583  
    Goodwill     363,436       363,436  
    Other intangible assets, net     30,514       28,301  
    Other assets     310,206       313,051  
    Total assets   $ 14,383,073     $ 14,028,172  
             
    Liabilities        
    Noninterest-bearing deposits   $ 2,903,063     $ 2,914,161  
    Interest-bearing deposits     8,834,631       8,082,377  
    Total deposits     11,737,694       10,996,538  
    Securities sold under retail repurchase agreements     70,767       75,032  
    Federal Reserve Bank borrowings     —       300,000  
    Advances from FHLB     450,000       550,000  
    Subordinated debt     371,251       370,803  
    Total borrowings     892,018       1,295,835  
    Accrued interest payable and other liabilities     124,524       147,657  
    Total liabilities     12,754,236       12,440,030  
             
    Stockholders’ equity        
    Common stock — par value $1.00; shares authorized 100,000,000; shares issued and outstanding 45,125,078 and 44,913,561 at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.     45,125       44,914  
    Additional paid in capital     748,202       742,243  
    Retained earnings     911,411       898,316  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (75,901 )     (97,331 )
    Total stockholders’ equity     1,628,837       1,588,142  
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 14,383,073     $ 14,028,172  

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME – UNAUDITED

        Three Months Ended
    September 30,    		   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)     2024     2023     2024     2023  
    Interest income:                
    Interest and fees on loans   $ 154,339   $ 147,304   $ 456,309   $ 431,305  
    Interest on mortgage loans held for sale     364     238     801     697  
    Interest on SBA loans held for sale     2     —     2     —  
    Interest on deposits with banks     6,191     6,371     17,401     13,979  
    Interest and dividend income on investment securities:                
    Taxable     7,440     6,682     21,319     20,538  
    Tax-advantaged     1,762     1,811     5,385     5,376  
    Interest on federal funds sold     —     5     8     13  
    Total interest income     170,098     162,411     501,225     471,908  
    Interest expense:                
    Interest on deposits     79,287     63,102     227,062     155,215  
    Interest on retail repurchase agreements and federal funds purchased     452     4,082     4,890     10,377  
    Interest on advances from FHLB     5,001     6,200     16,394     21,623  
    Interest on subordinated debt     3,946     3,946     11,839     11,839  
    Total interest expense     88,686     77,330     260,185     199,054  
    Net interest income     81,412     85,081     241,040     272,854  
    Provision/ (credit) for credit losses     6,316     2,365     9,724     (14,116 )
    Net interest income after provision/ (credit) for credit losses     75,096     82,716     231,316     286,970  
    Non-interest income:                
    Service charges on deposit accounts     3,009     2,704     8,765     7,698  
    Mortgage banking activities     1,529     1,682     4,524     4,744  
    Wealth management income     10,738     9,391     31,151     27,414  
    Income from bank owned life insurance     1,307     845     4,283     3,003  
    Bank card fees     435     450     1,293     1,315  
    Other income     2,697     2,319     7,653     6,344  
    Total non-interest income     19,715     17,391     57,669     50,518  
    Non-interest expense:                
    Salaries and employee benefits     41,030     44,853     115,549     124,710  
    Occupancy expense of premises     4,657     4,609     14,278     14,220  
    Equipment expenses     3,841     3,811     11,672     11,688  
    Marketing     1,320     729     3,350     3,861  
    Outside data services     3,025     2,819     9,414     8,186  
    FDIC insurance     2,773     2,333     8,635     6,846  
    Amortization of intangible assets     2,323     1,245     6,527     3,820  
    Professional fees and services     6,577     4,509     16,403     12,354  
    Other expenses     7,391     7,563     23,219     22,227  
    Total non-interest expense     72,937     72,471     209,047     207,912  
    Income before income tax expense     21,874     27,636     79,938     129,576  
    Income tax expense     5,665     6,890     20,550     32,832  
    Net income   $ 16,209   $ 20,746   $ 59,388   $ 96,744  
                     
    Net income per share amounts:                
    Basic net income per common share   $ 0.36   $ 0.46   $ 1.32   $ 2.16  
    Diluted net income per common share   $ 0.36   $ 0.46   $ 1.31   $ 2.15  
    Dividends declared per share   $ 0.34   $ 0.34   $ 1.02   $ 1.02  

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    HISTORICAL TRENDS – QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA – UNAUDITED

          2024       2023  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)   Q3   Q2   Q1   Q4   Q3   Q2   Q1
    Profitability for the quarter:                            
    Tax-equivalent interest income   $ 171,219     $ 166,252     $ 167,113     $ 166,729     $ 163,479     $ 159,156     $ 152,317  
    Interest expense     88,686       84,828       86,671       83,920       77,330       67,679       54,045  
    Tax-equivalent net interest income     82,533       81,424       80,442       82,809       86,149       91,477       98,272  
    Tax-equivalent adjustment     1,121       1,139       1,099       1,113       1,068       1,006       970  
    Provision/ (credit) for credit losses     6,316       1,020       2,388       (3,445 )     2,365       5,055       (21,536 )
    Non-interest income     19,715       19,587       18,367       16,560       17,391       17,176       15,951  
    Non-interest expense     72,937       68,104       68,006       67,142       72,471       69,136       66,305  
    Income before income tax expense     21,874       30,748       27,316       34,559       27,636       33,456       68,484  
    Income tax expense     5,665       7,941       6,944       8,459       6,890       8,711       17,231  
    Net income   $ 16,209     $ 22,807     $ 20,372     $ 26,100     $ 20,746     $ 24,745     $ 51,253  
    GAAP financial performance:                            
    Return on average assets     0.46 %     0.66 %     0.58 %     0.73 %     0.58 %     0.70 %     1.49 %
    Return on average common equity     4.01 %     5.81 %     5.17 %     6.70 %     5.35 %     6.46 %     13.93 %
    Return on average tangible common equity     5.88 %     8.27 %     7.39 %     9.26 %     7.42 %     8.93 %     19.10 %
    Net interest margin     2.44 %     2.46 %     2.41 %     2.45 %     2.55 %     2.73 %     2.99 %
    Efficiency ratio – GAAP basis     72.12 %     68.19 %     69.60 %     68.33 %     70.72 %     64.22 %     58.55 %
    Non-GAAP financial performance:                            
    Pre-tax pre-provision net income   $ 28,190     $ 31,768     $ 29,704     $ 31,114     $ 30,001     $ 38,511     $ 46,948  
    Core after-tax earnings   $ 17,936     $ 24,400     $ 21,916     $ 27,147     $ 27,766     $ 27,136     $ 52,253  
    Core return on average assets     0.50 %     0.70 %     0.63 %     0.76 %     0.78 %     0.77 %     1.52 %
    Core return on average common equity     4.44 %     6.21 %     5.56 %     6.97 %     7.16 %     7.09 %     14.20 %
    Core return on average tangible common equity     5.88 %     8.27 %     7.39 %     9.26 %     9.51 %     9.43 %     19.11 %
    Core earnings per diluted common share   $ 0.40     $ 0.54     $ 0.49     $ 0.60     $ 0.62     $ 0.60     $ 1.16  
    Efficiency ratio – Non-GAAP basis     69.06 %     65.31 %     66.73 %     66.16 %     60.91 %     60.68 %     56.87 %
    Per share data:                      
    Net income attributable to common shareholders   $ 16,205     $ 22,800     $ 20,346     $ 26,066     $ 20,719     $ 24,712     $ 51,084  
    Basic net income per common share   $ 0.36     $ 0.51     $ 0.45     $ 0.58     $ 0.46     $ 0.55     $ 1.14  
    Diluted net income per common share   $ 0.36     $ 0.51     $ 0.45     $ 0.58     $ 0.46     $ 0.55     $ 1.14  
    Weighted average diluted common shares     45,242,920       45,145,214       45,086,471       45,009,574       44,960,455       44,888,759       44,872,582  
    Dividends declared per share   $ 0.34     $ 0.34     $ 0.34     $ 0.34     $ 0.34     $ 0.34     $ 0.34  
    Non-interest income:                            
    Service charges on deposit accounts     3,009       2,939       2,817       2,749       2,704       2,606       2,388  
    Mortgage banking activities     1,529       1,621       1,374       792       1,682       1,817       1,245  
    Wealth management income     10,738       10,455       9,958       9,219       9,391       9,031       8,992  
    Income from bank owned life insurance     1,307       1,816       1,160       1,207       845       1,251       907  
    Bank card fees     435       445       413       454       450       447       418  
    Other income     2,697       2,311       2,645       2,139       2,319       2,024       2,001  
    Total non-interest income   $ 19,715     $ 19,587     $ 18,367     $ 16,560     $ 17,391     $ 17,176     $ 15,951  
    Non-interest expense:                            
    Salaries and employee benefits   $ 41,030     $ 37,821     $ 36,698     $ 35,482     $ 44,853     $ 40,931     $ 38,926  
    Occupancy expense of premises     4,657       4,805       4,816       4,558       4,609       4,764       4,847  
    Equipment expenses     3,841       3,868       3,963       3,987       3,811       3,760       4,117  
    Marketing     1,320       1,288       742       1,242       729       1,589       1,543  
    Outside data services     3,025       3,286       3,103       3,000       2,819       2,853       2,514  
    FDIC insurance     2,773       2,951       2,911       2,615       2,333       2,375       2,138  
    Amortization of intangible assets     2,323       2,135       2,069       1,403       1,245       1,269       1,306  
    Professional fees and services     6,577       4,946       4,880       5,628       4,509       4,161       3,684  
    Other expenses     7,391       7,004       8,824       9,227       7,563       7,434       7,230  
    Total non-interest expense   $ 72,937     $ 68,104     $ 68,006     $ 67,142     $ 72,471     $ 69,136     $ 66,305  

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    HISTORICAL TRENDS – QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA – UNAUDITED

          2024       2023  
    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)   Q3   Q2   Q1   Q4   Q3   Q2   Q1
    Balance sheets at quarter end:                        
    Commercial investor real estate loans   $ 4,868,467     $ 4,933,329     $ 4,997,879     $ 5,104,425     $ 5,137,694     $ 5,131,210     $ 5,167,456  
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate loans     1,737,327       1,747,708       1,741,113       1,755,235       1,760,384       1,770,135       1,769,928  
    Commercial AD&C loans     1,255,609       1,184,296       1,090,259       988,967       938,673       1,045,742       1,046,665  
    Commercial business loans     1,620,926       1,601,510       1,509,592       1,504,880       1,454,709       1,423,614       1,437,478  
    Residential mortgage loans     1,529,786       1,521,890       1,511,624       1,474,521       1,432,051       1,385,743       1,328,524  
    Residential construction loans     53,639       78,027       97,685       121,419       160,345       190,690       223,456  
    Consumer loans     426,167       417,161       416,132       417,542       416,436       422,505       421,734  
    Total loans     11,491,921       11,483,921       11,364,284       11,366,989       11,300,292       11,369,639       11,395,241  
    Allowance for credit losses – loans     (131,428 )     (125,863 )     (123,096 )     (120,865 )     (123,360 )     (120,287 )     (117,613 )
    Residential mortgage loans held for sale     21,489       18,961       16,627       10,836       19,235       21,476       16,262  
    SBA loans held for sale     425       —       —       —       —       —       —  
    Investment securities     1,440,488       1,401,511       1,405,490       1,414,453       1,392,078       1,463,554       1,528,336  
    Total assets     14,383,073       14,008,343       13,888,133       14,028,172       14,135,085       13,994,545       14,129,007  
    Noninterest-bearing demand deposits     2,903,063       2,931,405       2,817,928       2,914,161       3,013,905       3,079,896       3,228,678  
    Total deposits     11,737,694       11,340,228       11,227,200       10,996,538       11,151,012       10,958,922       11,075,991  
    Customer repurchase agreements     70,767       75,038       71,529       75,032       66,581       74,510       47,627  
    Total stockholders’ equity     1,628,837       1,599,004       1,589,364       1,588,142       1,537,914       1,539,032       1,536,865  
    Quarterly average balance sheets:                        
    Commercial investor real estate loans   $ 4,874,003     $ 4,964,406     $ 5,057,334     $ 5,125,028     $ 5,125,459     $ 5,146,632     $ 5,136,204  
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate loans     1,741,663       1,734,106       1,746,042       1,755,048       1,769,717       1,773,039       1,769,680  
    Commercial AD&C loans     1,253,035       1,133,506       1,030,763       960,646       995,682       1,057,205       1,082,791  
    Commercial business loans     1,579,001       1,551,798       1,508,336       1,433,035       1,442,518       1,441,489       1,444,588  
    Residential mortgage loans     1,526,445       1,518,748       1,491,277       1,451,614       1,406,929       1,353,809       1,307,761  
    Residential construction loans     64,684       86,638       110,456       142,325       174,204       211,590       223,313  
    Consumer loans     421,003       417,206       417,539       419,299       421,189       423,306       424,122  
    Total loans     11,459,834       11,406,408       11,361,747       11,286,995       11,335,698       11,407,070       11,388,459  
    Residential mortgage loans held for sale     19,889       14,497       8,142       10,132       13,714       17,480       8,324  
    SBA loans held for sale     65       —       —       —       —       —       —  
    Investment securities     1,531,378       1,538,624       1,536,127       1,544,173       1,589,342       1,639,324       1,679,593  
    Interest-earning assets     13,474,697       13,292,995       13,411,810       13,462,583       13,444,117       13,423,589       13,316,165  
    Total assets     14,136,037       13,956,261       14,061,935       14,090,423       14,086,342       14,094,653       13,949,276  
    Noninterest-bearing demand deposits     2,783,906       2,790,620       2,730,295       2,958,254       3,041,101       3,137,971       3,480,433  
    Total deposits     11,483,524       11,245,476       11,086,145       11,089,587       11,076,724       10,928,038       11,049,991  
    Customer repurchase agreements     63,436       62,161       72,836       66,622       67,298       58,382       60,626  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     9,600,905       9,441,015       9,583,074       9,418,666       9,332,617       9,257,652       8,806,720  
    Total stockholders’ equity     1,607,377       1,579,582       1,584,902       1,546,312       1,538,553       1,535,465       1,491,929  
    Financial measures:                            
    Average equity to average assets     11.37 %     11.32 %     11.27 %     10.97 %     10.92 %     10.89 %     10.70 %
    Average investment securities to average earning assets     11.36 %     11.57 %     11.45 %     11.47 %     11.82 %     12.21 %     12.61 %
    Average loans to average earning assets     85.05 %     85.81 %     84.71 %     83.84 %     84.32 %     84.98 %     85.52 %
    Loans to assets     79.90 %     81.98 %     81.83 %     81.03 %     79.94 %     81.24 %     80.65 %
    Loans to deposits     97.91 %     101.27 %     101.22 %     103.37 %     101.34 %     103.75 %     102.88 %
    Assets under management   $ 6,567,752     $ 6,215,697     $ 6,165,509     $ 5,999,520     $ 5,536,499     $ 5,742,888     $ 5,477,560  
    Capital measures:                            
    Tier 1 leverage (1)     9.59 %     9.70 %     9.56 %     9.51 %     9.50 %     9.42 %     9.44 %
    Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (1)     11.27 %     11.28 %     10.96 %     10.90 %     10.83 %     10.65 %     10.53 %
    Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (1)     11.27 %     11.28 %     10.96 %     10.90 %     10.83 %     10.65 %     10.53 %
    Total regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (1)     15.53 %     15.49 %     15.05 %     14.92 %     14.85 %     14.60 %     14.43 %
    Book value per common share   $ 36.10     $ 35.45     $ 35.37     $ 35.36     $ 34.26     $ 34.31     $ 34.37  
    Outstanding common shares     45,125,078       45,109,671       44,940,147       44,913,561       44,895,158       44,862,369       44,712,497  

    (1) Estimated ratio at September 30, 2024.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    LOAN PORTFOLIO QUALITY DETAIL – UNAUDITED

          2024     2023
    (Dollars in thousands)   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30,   June 30,   March 31,
    Non-performing assets:                            
    Loans 90 days past due:                            
    Commercial real estate:                            
    Commercial investor real estate   $ —   $ —   $ —   $ —   $ —   $ —   $ 215
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate     —     —     —     —     —     —     —
    Commercial AD&C     —     —     —     —     —     —     —
    Commercial business     —     —     20     20     415     29     3,002
    Residential real estate:                            
    Residential mortgage     399     338     340     342     —     692     352
    Residential construction     —     —     —     —     —     —     —
    Consumer     —     —     —     —     —     —     —
    Total loans 90 days past due     399     338     360     362     415     721     3,569
    Non-accrual loans:                            
    Commercial real estate:                            
    Commercial investor real estate     57,578     55,498     55,579     58,658     20,108     20,381     15,451
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate     9,639     9,403     4,394     4,640     4,744     4,846     4,949
    Commercial AD&C     31,816     2,127     556     1,259     1,422     569     —
    Commercial business     9,044     8,455     7,164     10,051     9,671     9,393     9,443
    Residential real estate:                            
    Residential mortgage     11,996     12,228     11,835     12,332     10,766     10,153     8,935
    Residential construction     539     539     542     443     449     —     —
    Consumer     4,258     4,400     4,011     4,102     4,187     3,396     4,900
    Total non-accrual loans     124,870     92,650     84,081     91,485     51,347     48,738     43,678
    Total non-performing loans     125,269     92,988     84,441     91,847     51,762     49,459     47,247
    Other real estate owned (OREO)     3,265     2,700     2,700     —     261     611     645
    Total non-performing assets   $ 128,534   $ 95,688   $ 87,141   $ 91,847   $ 52,023   $ 50,070   $ 47,892
        For the Quarter Ended,
    (Dollars in thousands)   September 30,
    2024    		   June 30,
    2024    		   March 31,
    2024    		   December 31,
    2023    		   September 30,
    2023    		   June 30,
    2023    		   March 31,
    2023
    Analysis of non-accrual loan activity:                            
    Balance at beginning of period   $ 92,650     $ 84,081     $ 91,485     $ 51,347     $ 48,738     $ 43,678     $ 34,782  
    Non-accrual balances transferred to OREO     (565 )     —       (2,700 )     —       —       —       —  
    Non-accrual balances charged-off     (787 )     —       (1,550 )     —       (183 )     (2,049 )     (126 )
    Net payments or draws     (3,095 )     (1,427 )     (4,017 )     (7,619 )     (1,545 )     (1,654 )     (10,212 )
    Loans placed on non-accrual     36,667       10,038       1,490       47,920       4,967       9,276       19,714  
    Non-accrual loans brought current     —       (42 )     (627 )     (163 )     (630 )     (513 )     (480 )
    Balance at end of period   $ 124,870     $ 92,650     $ 84,081     $ 91,485     $ 51,347     $ 48,738     $ 43,678  
                                 
    Analysis of allowance for credit losses – loans:                            
    Balance at beginning of period   $ 125,863     $ 123,096     $ 120,865     $ 123,360     $ 120,287     $ 117,613     $ 136,242  
    Provision/ (credit) for credit losses – loans     6,310       2,961       3,331       (2,574 )     3,171       4,454       (18,945 )
    Less loans charged-off, net of recoveries:                            
    Commercial real estate:                            
    Commercial investor real estate     397       (3 )     (2 )     (3 )     (3 )     (14 )     (5 )
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate     (27 )     (27 )     (27 )     (27 )     (25 )     (27 )     (26 )
    Commercial AD&C     111       (23 )     (283 )     —       —       —       —  
    Commercial business     250       (28 )     1,550       (105 )     15       363       (127 )
    Residential real estate:                            
    Residential mortgage     (35 )     39       (6 )     (6 )     (4 )     35       21  
    Residential construction     —       —       —       —       —       —       —  
    Consumer     49       236       (132 )     62       115       1,423       (179 )
    Net charge-offs/ (recoveries)     745       194       1,100       (79 )     98       1,780       (316 )
    Balance at the end of period   $ 131,428     $ 125,863     $ 123,096     $ 120,865     $ 123,360     $ 120,287     $ 117,613  
                                 
    Asset quality ratios:                            
    Non-performing loans to total loans     1.09 %     0.81 %     0.74 %     0.81 %     0.46 %     0.44 %     0.41 %
    Non-performing assets to total assets     0.89 %     0.68 %     0.63 %     0.65 %     0.37 %     0.36 %     0.34 %
    Allowance for credit losses to loans     1.14 %     1.10 %     1.08 %     1.06 %     1.09 %     1.06 %     1.03 %
    Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans     104.92 %     135.35 %     145.78 %     131.59 %     238.32 %     243.21 %     248.93 %
    Annualized net charge-offs/ (recoveries) to average loans     0.03 %     0.01 %     0.04 %     — %     — %     0.06 %   (0.01 )%

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES – UNAUDITED

        Three Months Ended September 30,
          2024       2023  
    (Dollars in thousands and tax-equivalent)   Average
    Balances    		   Interest (1)   Annualized
    Average
    Yield/Rate    		   Average
    Balances    		   Interest (1)   Annualized
    Average
    Yield/Rate
    Assets                        
    Commercial investor real estate loans   $ 4,874,003     $ 58,133   4.74 %   $ 5,125,459     $ 60,482   4.68 %
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate loans     1,741,663       21,609   4.94       1,769,717       20,865   4.68  
    Commercial AD&C loans     1,253,035       24,553   7.80       995,682       20,503   8.17  
    Commercial business loans     1,579,001       26,953   6.79       1,442,518       23,343   6.42  
    Total commercial loans     9,447,702       131,248   5.53       9,333,376       125,193   5.32  
    Residential mortgage loans     1,526,445       14,223   3.73       1,406,929       12,550   3.57  
    Residential construction loans     64,684       876   5.39       174,204       1,680   3.83  
    Consumer loans     421,003       8,653   8.18       421,189       8,491   8.00  
    Total residential and consumer loans     2,012,132       23,752   4.71       2,002,322       22,721   4.52  
    Total loans (2)     11,459,834       155,000   5.38       11,335,698       147,914   5.18  
    Residential mortgage loans held for sale     19,889       364   7.32       13,714       238   6.93  
    SBA loans held for sale     65       2   11.28       —       —   —  
    Taxable securities     1,197,301       7,440   2.49       1,239,564       6,682   2.16  
    Tax-advantaged securities     334,077       2,222   2.66       349,778       2,269   2.59  
    Total investment securities (3)     1,531,378       9,662   2.52       1,589,342       8,951   2.25  
    Interest-bearing deposits with banks     463,531       6,191   5.31       505,017       6,371   5.00  
    Federal funds sold     —       —   —       346       5   5.38  
    Total interest-earning assets     13,474,697       171,219   5.06       13,444,117       163,479   4.83  
                             
    Less: allowance for credit losses – loans     (125,962 )             (122,348 )        
    Cash and due from banks     82,172               93,354          
    Premises and equipment, net     58,035               71,956          
    Other assets     647,095               599,263          
    Total assets   $ 14,136,037             $ 14,086,342          
                             
    Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                        
    Interest-bearing demand deposits   $ 1,427,739     $ 6,256   1.74 %   $ 1,419,934     $ 4,229   1.18 %
    Regular savings deposits     1,718,475       15,341   3.55       861,634       5,571   2.57  
    Money market savings deposits     3,018,799       28,999   3.82       2,866,744       25,122   3.48  
    Time deposits     2,534,605       28,691   4.50       2,887,311       28,180   3.87  
    Total interest-bearing deposits     8,699,618       79,287   3.63       8,035,623       63,102   3.12  
    Repurchase agreements     63,436       334   2.09       67,298       356   2.10  
    Federal funds purchased and Federal Reserve Bank borrowings     8,543       118   5.53       300,435       3,726   4.92  
    Advances from FHLB     458,152       5,001   4.34       558,696       6,200   4.40  
    Subordinated debt     371,156       3,946   4.25       370,565       3,946   4.26  
    Total borrowings     901,287       9,399   4.15       1,296,994       14,228   4.35  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     9,600,905       88,686   3.68       9,332,617       77,330   3.29  
                             
    Noninterest-bearing demand deposits     2,783,906               3,041,101          
    Other liabilities     143,849               174,071          
    Stockholders’ equity     1,607,377               1,538,553          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 14,136,037             $ 14,086,342          
                             
    Tax-equivalent net interest income and spread       $ 82,533   1.38 %       $ 86,149   1.54 %
    Less: tax-equivalent adjustment         1,121             1,068    
    Net interest income       $ 81,412           $ 85,081    
                             
    Interest income/earning assets           5.06 %           4.83 %
    Interest expense/earning assets           2.62             2.28  
    Net interest margin           2.44 %           2.55 %
    (1) Tax-equivalent income has been adjusted using the combined marginal federal and state rate of 25.48% and 25.37% for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The annualized taxable-equivalent adjustments utilized in the above table to compute yields aggregated to $1.1 million and $1.1 million in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
    (2) Non-accrual loans are included in the average balances.
    (3) Available-for-sale investments are presented at amortized cost.

    Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
    CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES – UNAUDITED

        Nine Months Ended September 30,
          2024       2023  
    (Dollars in thousands and tax-equivalent)   Average
    Balances    		   Interest (1)   Annualized
    Average
    Yield/Rate    		   Average
    Balances    		   Interest (1)   Annualized
    Average
    Yield/Rate
    Assets                        
    Commercial investor real estate loans   $ 4,964,914     $ 176,504   4.75 %   $ 5,136,059     $ 177,067   4.61 %
    Commercial owner-occupied real estate loans     1,740,608       63,090   4.84       1,770,812       61,038   4.61  
    Commercial AD&C loans     1,139,517       68,779   8.06       1,044,907       61,005   7.81  
    Commercial business loans     1,546,498       79,026   6.83       1,442,858       68,258   6.33  
    Total commercial loans     9,391,537       387,399   5.51       9,394,636       367,368   5.23  
    Residential mortgage loans     1,512,209       41,968   3.70       1,356,530       35,925   3.53  
    Residential construction loans     87,177       3,208   4.92       202,856       5,302   3.49  
    Consumer loans     418,591       25,693   8.20       422,861       24,403   7.72  
    Total residential and consumer loans     2,017,977       70,869   4.69       1,982,247       65,630   4.42  
    Total loans (2)     11,409,514       458,268   5.36       11,376,883       432,998   5.09  
    Residential mortgage loans held for sale     14,197       801   7.52       13,192       697   7.04  
    SBA loans held for sale     22       2   11.28       —       —   —  
    Taxable securities     1,195,481       21,319   2.38       1,275,407       20,538   2.15  
    Tax-advantaged securities     339,881       6,785   2.66       360,348       6,727   2.49  
    Total investment securities (3)     1,535,362       28,104   2.44       1,635,755       27,265   2.22  
    Interest-bearing deposits with banks     434,083       17,401   5.35       368,829       13,979   5.07  
    Federal funds sold     288       8   3.79       433       13   4.00  
    Total interest-earning assets     13,393,466       504,584   5.03       13,395,092       474,952   4.74  
                             
    Less: allowance for credit losses – loans     (122,971 )             (125,558 )        
    Cash and due from banks     83,265               94,960          
    Premises and equipment, net     59,124               70,130          
    Other assets     638,838               609,301          
    Total assets   $ 14,051,722             $ 14,043,925          
                             
    Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity                        
    Interest-bearing demand deposits   $ 1,467,517     $ 18,858   1.72 %   $ 1,413,876     $ 10,465   0.99 %
    Regular savings deposits     1,602,997       42,597   3.55       660,211       7,831   1.59  
    Money market savings deposits     2,847,006       79,190   3.72       3,067,810       68,976   3.01  
    Time deposits     2,586,639       86,417   4.46       2,658,225       67,943   3.42  
    Total interest-bearing deposits     8,504,159       227,062   3.57       7,800,122       155,215   2.66  
    Repurchase agreements     66,134       1,043   2.11       62,126       561   1.21  
    Federal funds purchased and Federal Reserve Bank borrowings     99,303       3,847   5.17       264,580       9,816   4.96  
    Advances from FHLB     501,277       16,394   4.37       637,015       21,623   4.54  
    Subordinated debt     371,009       11,839   4.25       370,412       11,839   4.26  
    Total borrowings     1,037,723       33,123   4.26       1,334,133       43,839   4.39  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     9,541,882       260,185   3.64       9,134,255       199,054   2.91  
                             
    Noninterest-bearing demand deposits     2,768,331               3,218,226          
    Other liabilities     150,827               169,291          
    Stockholders’ equity     1,590,682               1,522,153          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 14,051,722             $ 14,043,925          
                             
    Tax-equivalent net interest income and spread       $ 244,399   1.39 %       $ 275,898   1.83 %
    Less: tax-equivalent adjustment         3,359             3,044    
    Net interest income       $ 241,040           $ 272,854    
                             
    Interest income/earning assets           5.03 %           4.74 %
    Interest expense/earning assets           2.59             1.99  
    Net interest margin           2.44 %           2.75 %
    (1) Tax-equivalent income has been adjusted using the combined marginal federal and state rate of 25.48% and 25.37% for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The annualized taxable-equivalent adjustments utilized in the above table to compute yields aggregated to $3.4 million and $3.0 million in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
    (2) Non-accrual loans are included in the average balances.
    (3) Available-for-sale investments are presented at amortized cost.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: FBI and CISA Issue Public Service Announcement Warning of Tactics Foreign Threat Actors are Using to Spread Disinformation in the 2024 U.S. General Election

    News In Brief – Source: US Computer Emergency Readiness Team

    WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued their final four-part joint public service announcement (PSA) today titled “Just So You Know: Foreign Threat Actors Likely to Use a Variety of Tactics to Develop and Spread Disinformation During the 2024 U.S. General Election Cycle.” This PSA highlights efforts by foreign actors to spread disinformation in the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. general election with the goal of casting doubt on the integrity of the democratic process and sowing partisan discord. Foreign adversaries are using a variety of sophisticated disinformation campaigns, often leveraging new tools, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), to craft and spread misleading content. 

    “As we approach Election Day, it is important to remember that while elections are political, election security is not. Election security is national security. Our foreign adversaries are looking to attack our democratic process to further their own objectives, and we need the help of all Americans in ensuring they are not successful,” said CISA Senior Advisor Cait Conley.  “There has been incredible effort across local, state and federal governments to ensure the security and integrity of our nation’s election infrastructure. Americans should be confident that their votes will be counted as cast.  They should also know that our foreign adversaries will try to make them believe otherwise. We encourage everyone to remain vigilant, verify the information they consume, and rely on trusted sources like their state and local election officials.” 

    The PSA highlights specific examples of tactics we have seen used by Russia and Iran during the 2024 election cycle to target all Americans. These include things from mimicking national level media outlets like the Washington Post and Fox News and creating inauthentic news sites posing as legitimate media organizations to using paid influencers to hide their hand. It is important for voters to critically evaluate information sources, particularly as disinformation campaigns evolve to use AI-generated content. Both agencies urge the American public to rely on trusted information from state and local election officials and to verify claims through multiple reliable sources before sharing them on social media or other platforms. 

    For more information on how to protect yourself from disinformation, visit the official websites of the FBI and CISA’s dedicated election security webpage, cisa.gov/Protect2024.  

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    About CISA 

    As the nation’s cyber defense agency and national coordinator for critical infrastructure security, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leads the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the digital and physical infrastructure Americans rely on every hour of every day.

    Visit CISA.gov for more information and follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram. 

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  • MIL-OSI: Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Issues New Recommendation in Support of Territorial/Hope Bancorp Combination

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    ISS Recommends Territorial Shareholders Vote “FOR” Hope Bancorp Transaction

    ISS Recognizes Value Creation Upside of the Hope Bancorp Merger and Risks and Uncertainty Associated with Blue Hill’s Preliminary Indication of Interest

    Territorial Board Urges Shareholders to Follow ISS’s Recommendation and Vote “FOR” the Hope Bancorp Merger Today

    HONOLULU, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Territorial Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: TBNK) (“Territorial” or the “Company”) today announced that leading independent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) has reissued its report assessing Territorial’s proposed merger with Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) (“Hope Bancorp”).

    In its report, ISS recommends that Territorial shareholders vote “FOR” the Company’s pending merger with Hope Bancorp at the Special Meeting on November 6, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., Hawai‘i Time.

    The Territorial Board of Directors also unanimously recommends that all Territorial shareholders vote “FOR” the Hope Bancorp agreement.

    Commenting on the report, Territorial issued the following statement:

    The Hope Bancorp merger is the only transaction that provides realizable value and substantial upside for Territorial shareholders. This tax-free transaction also enables our shareholders to benefit from a more than 1000% increase to Territorial’s standalone dividend. Accordingly, we strongly urge all Territorial shareholders to vote FOR the transaction today.

    ISS’s report recognizes the risks and uncertainty associated with Blue Hill’s preliminary indication of interest, including a lack of financing, failure to identify the entities behind Blue Hill and questionable ability to execute the indication of interest. These deficiencies support our belief that Blue Hill does not have the ability to complete a transaction with Territorial or to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for the transaction in a timely manner.

    In making its recommendation, ISS stated in its October 18, 2024, reporti:

    • “A merger with HOPE is arguably a better outcome for TBNK than remaining standalone, given the strategic rationale for the combination and the issues facing the company”
    • “we find that the board’s caution [regarding Blue Hill] appears to have a reasonable basis. The request for evidence of committed financing and increased disclosure regarding the consortium, in particular, seem to be low hanging fruit that Blue Hill could provide to address these concerns.”
    • “In our engagement with the company, the board expressed a willingness to engage with Blue Hill if its concerns could be properly addressed in order to best protect shareholders.”
    • “It is unclear at this point why Blue Hill has not provided the board the details it has asked for.”

    Time is short. The Special Meeting is fast approaching. Territorial shareholders are urged to follow the recommendations from ISS and the Territorial Board by voting today FOR the transaction with Hope Bancorp.


    YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY OR HOW FEW SHARES YOU OWN!

    Please take a moment to vote FOR the proposals set forth on the enclosed proxy card — by Internet, telephone toll-free or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form. Vote well in advance of the Special Meeting on November 6, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Hawaiʻi Time.

    If you have questions about how to vote your shares, please contact:

    Laurel Hill Advisory Group

    Call toll-free: (888) 742-1305
    Banks and brokers should call: (516) 933-3100


    About Us

    Territorial Bancorp Inc., headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, is the stock holding company for Territorial Savings Bank. Territorial Savings Bank is a state-chartered savings bank which was originally chartered in 1921 by the Territory of Hawaiʻi. Territorial Savings Bank conducts business from its headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and has 28 branch offices in the state of Hawaiʻi. For additional information, please visit https://www.tsbhawaii.bank/.

    Additional Information about the Hope Merger and Where to Find It

    In connection with the proposed Hope Merger, Hope has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4, containing the Proxy Prospectus, which has been mailed or otherwise delivered to Territorial’s stockholders on or about August 29, 2024, as supplemented September 12, 2024. Hope and Territorial may file additional relevant materials with the SEC. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY PROSPECTUS, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR FURNISHED OR WILL BE FILED OR FURNISHED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. You may obtain any of the documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by Hope or Territorial at no cost from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    Some statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, expectations regarding the low-cost core deposit base, diversification of the loan portfolio, expansion of market share, capital to support growth, strengthened opportunities, enhanced value, geographic expansion, and statements about the proposed transaction being immediately accretive. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “will,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” or similar expressions. With respect to any such forward-looking statements, Territorial Bancorp claims the protection provided for in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. Hope Bancorp’s actual results, performance or achievements may differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. The closing of the proposed transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, the approval of Territorial Bancorp stockholders, and other customary closing conditions. There is no assurance that such conditions will be met or that the proposed merger will be consummated within the expected time frame, or at all. If the transaction is consummated, factors that may cause actual outcomes to differ from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements include, among things: difficulties and delays in integrating Hope Bancorp and Territorial Bancorp and achieving anticipated synergies, cost savings and other benefits from the transaction; higher than anticipated transaction costs; deposit attrition, operating costs, customer loss and business disruption following the merger, including difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees and customers, may be greater than expected; and required governmental approvals of the merger may not be obtained on its proposed terms and schedule, or without regulatory constraints that may limit growth. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: possible further deterioration in economic conditions in Hope Bancorp’s or Territorial Bancorp’s areas of operation or elsewhere; interest rate risk associated with volatile interest rates and related asset-liability matching risk; liquidity risks; risk of significant non-earning assets, and net credit losses that could occur, particularly in times of weak economic conditions or times of rising interest rates; the failure of or changes to assumptions and estimates underlying Hope Bancorp’s or Territorial Bancorp’s allowances for credit losses; potential increases in deposit insurance assessments and regulatory risks associated with current and future regulations; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Hope Bancorp or Territorial Bancorp; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of the common stock of either or both parties to the proposed transaction; and diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities. For additional information concerning these and other risk factors, see Hope Bancorp’s and Territorial Bancorp’s most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Hope Bancorp and Territorial Bancorp do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law.   

    Investor / Media Contacts:
    Walter Ida
    SVP, Director of Investor Relations
    808-946-1400
    walter.ida@territorialsavings.net

    i Permission to use quotes neither sought nor obtained

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  • MIL-OSI: Preferred Bank Reports Third Quarter Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC), one of the larger independent California banks, today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Preferred Bank (“the Bank”) reported net income of $33.4 million or $2.46 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2024. This represents a slight decrease in net income of $209,000 from the prior quarter and down by $4.8 million from the same quarter last year. The decrease in net income from the prior year was due to a decrease in net interest income of $4.1 million due to higher deposit costs as well as an increase in noninterest expense of $3.1 million. These were partially offset by lower provision for credit losses and an increase in noninterest income. The decrease from the prior quarter was due to an increase in noninterest expense of $2.4 million, an increase in the provision for credit losses of $700,000 partially offset by an increase in net interest income of $2.7 million. Preferred Bank continues to deliver top-of-peer group profitability metrics and long term shareholder returns.

    Highlights for the Quarter:

    • Return on average assets was 1.95%
    • Return on beginning equity of 18.37%
    • Net interest margin (NIM) expanded to 4.10%
    • Total loans increased by $143 million or 2.6% for the quarter
    • Efficiency ratio was 30.6%

    Li Yu, Chairman and CEO, commented, “I am pleased to report our third quarter 2024 net income was $33.4 million or $2.46 a share. Highlights of the quarter include the successful reduction of $21.2 million in non-performing loans, with no charge-offs. Interest recovery related to this was $800,000. Criticized loans, however, have increased but we believe it may be temporary in nature. Separately, the OREO property is currently in escrow, scheduled to close later this month. The valuation allowance we recorded of $1.7 million is included in the quarter’s non-interest expense.

    Loan demand was strong this quarter. We had a net increase of $143 million, or 2.6% on a linked quarter basis. The September’s rate cut seems to have spurred borrower interest in general. Deposits for the quarter had a very small decrease, as we have been careful in monitoring our deposit costs.

    At September 30, 2024, Preferred Bank’s loan portfolio was 26% fixed rate loans and 74% floating rate loans with floor rates for most of them. We believe it is well-balanced with the sensitivity of our deposits. However, the time certificates of deposits do have a cost adjustment pattern of slower reduction in the beginning but increasing gradually.”

    Results of Operations

    Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin. Net interest income before provision for credit losses was $68.8 million for the third quarter of 2024. This was a decrease from the $73.0 million recorded in the same quarter last year and an increase over the $66.1 million posted in the second quarter of 2024. A higher cost of deposits was to blame for the decrease in net interest income versus the prior year and a curing of a nonaccrual loan in the third quarter of 2024 was the reason for the increase in net interest income over the second quarter of 2024. A loan that was placed into nonaccrual status in the second quarter of 2024 was paid down significantly and the interest was brought current in the third quarter of 2024. This interest recovery of $800,000 helped to increase the Bank’s net interest margin to 4.10% for the quarter from 3.96% in the prior quarter. This compares to a margin of 4.39% one year ago. Also very importantly, the Bank’s total interest expense decreased for the first time since the first quarter of 2022. This was the result of the Bank’s efforts to replace higher cost brokered MMDA accounts with traditional brokered CD’s which carry a lower coupon. This is why, during this quarter, there is a fairly sizeable decrease in money market accounts and a corresponding increase in certificates of deposit.

    Noninterest Income. For the third quarter of 2024, noninterest income was $3.5 million compared with $3.0 million for the same quarter last year and compared to $3.4 million for the second quarter of 2024. The increase over the prior quarter was primarily due to letter of credit (LC) fees which increased by $210,000 and other income partially offset by a decrease in gains on sales of SBA loans of $263,000. In comparing to the same quarter last year; LC fee income was up by $547,000 partially offset by a decrease in service charges of $192,000.

    Noninterest Expense. Total noninterest expense was $22.1 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $19.7 million for the second quarter of 2024 and compared to the $19.0 million recorded in the same period last year. The primary reason for the increase from the prior year and over the prior quarter was the $1.7 million valuation allowance recorded this quarter on the Bank’s other real estate owned (OREO) property. In comparing to the prior quarter; personnel expense increased by $581,000 and occupancy expense increased by $167,000. This was partially offset by a decrease in promotion expense of $162,000. In comparing to same quarter last year; personnel expense was up by $517,000, occupancy expense was up by $320,000 and professional services was up by $393,000. The increase in professional services expense was due to increased legal costs which were associated with a number of nonperforming loans. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Bank’s efficiency ratio was 30.6%, higher than the 28.3% posted last quarter and higher than the 25.04% posted this quarter last year.

    Income Taxes. The Bank recorded a provision for income taxes of $13.6 million for the third quarter of 2024. This represents an effective tax rate (“ETR”) of 29.0% which is identical to the ETR for last quarter and up from the 28.5% ETR recorded in the same period last year. The Bank’s ETR will fluctuate slightly from quarter to quarter within a fairly small range due to the timing of taxable events throughout the year.

    Balance Sheet Summary

    Total gross loans at September 30, 2024 were $5.57 billion, an increase of $298.1 million from the total of $5.27 billion as of December 31, 2023. Total deposits decreased during the quarter by $11 million but still increased year-to-date to $5.87 billion, up $158.4 million from the $5.71 billion as of December 31, 2023. Total assets were $6.87 billion, an increase of $213.3 million over the total of $6.66 billion as of December 31, 2023.

    Asset Quality

    Non-accrual loans as of September 30, 2024, was $19.4 million, a decrease of $21.2 million from $40.6 million on June 30, 2024. There were no charge-offs related to the reduction. Interest recoveries were $800,000 for this quarter

    The increase in total criticized loans of $161.2 for the quarter was largely due to the downgrade of a relationship with seven real estate related loans. These seven loans totaling $182.1 were secured by retail or multifamily properties that have late payment irregularities. At September 30, 2024, four of the seven loans totaling $86.5 million have been brought current and are expected to be out of criticized status in the fourth quarter. The three loans that have not been brought to current have a combined weighted average LTV of 64% and DCR of 0.98. All these loans have adequate guarantor support. Combined amount outstanding for these three loans is $95.6 million.

    Allowance for Credit Losses

    The provision for credit losses for the third quarter of 2024 was $3.2 million compared to $2.5 million last quarter and compared to $3.5 million in the same quarter last year. The Bank’s allowance coverage ratio increased to 1.36% of loans as compared to 1.34% in the prior quarter.

    Capitalization

    As of September 30, 2024, the Bank’s leverage ratio was 11.28%, the common equity tier 1 capital ratio was 11.66% and the total capital ratio stood at 15.06%. As of December 31, 2023, the Bank’s leverage ratio was 10.85%, the common equity tier 1 ratio was 11.57% and the total capital ratio was 15.18%.

    Conference Call and Webcast

    A conference call with simultaneous webcast to discuss Preferred Bank’s third quarter 2024 financial results will be held this afternoon, October 21, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific. Interested participants and investors may access the conference call by dialing 844-826-3037 (domestic) or 412-317-5182 (international) and referencing “Preferred Bank.” There will also be a live webcast of the call available at the Investor Relations section of Preferred Bank’s website at http://www.preferredbank.com.

    Preferred Bank’s Chairman and CEO Li Yu, President and Chief Operating Officer Wellington Chen, Chief Financial Officer Edward J. Czajka, Chief Credit Officer Nick Pi and Deputy Chief Operating Officer Johnny Hsu will discuss Preferred Bank’s financial results, business highlights and outlook. After the live webcast, a replay will be available at the Investor Relations section of Preferred Bank’s website. A replay of the call will also be available at 877-344-7529 (domestic) or 412-317-0088 (international) through November 4, 2024; the passcode is 7955778.

    About Preferred Bank

    Preferred Bank is one of the larger independent commercial banks headquartered in California. The Bank is chartered by the State of California, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Bank conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through twelve full-service branch banking offices in California (Alhambra, Century City, City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine (2), Diamond Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco (2)), one branch in Flushing, New York and a branch office in the Houston, Texas suburb of Sugar Land. In addition, the Bank also operates a loan production office in Sunnyvale, California. Preferred Bank offers a broad range of deposit and loan products and services to both commercial and consumer customers. The Bank provides personalized deposit services as well as real estate finance, commercial loans and trade finance to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals and high net worth individuals. Although originally founded as a Chinese-American Bank, Preferred Bank now derives most of its customers from the diversified mainstream market but does continue to benefit from the significant migration to California of ethnic Chinese from China and other areas of East Asia.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the Bank’s future financial and operating results, the Bank’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Bank’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: changes in economic conditions; changes in the California real estate market; the loss of senior management and other employees; natural disasters or recurring energy
    shortage; changes in interest rates; competition from other financial services companies; ineffective underwriting practices; inadequate allowance for loan and lease losses to cover actual losses; risks inherent in construction lending; adverse economic conditions in Asia; downturn in international trade; inability to attract deposits; inability to raise additional capital when needed or on favorable terms; inability to manage growth; inadequate communications, information, operating and financial control systems, technology from fourth party service providers; the U.S. government’s monetary policies; government regulation; environmental liability with respect to properties to which the bank takes title; and the threat of terrorism. Additional factors that could cause the Bank’s results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the Bank’s 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which can be found on Preferred Bank’s website. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of the press release, and the Bank assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. For additional information about Preferred Bank, please visit the Bank’s website at http://www.preferredbank.com.

    AT THE COMPANY:
    Edward J. Czajka
    Executive Vice President
    Chief Financial Officer
    (213) 891-1188    		 AT FINANCIAL PROFILES:
    Jeffrey Haas
    General Information
    (310) 622-8240
    PFBC@finprofiles.com
       

    Financial Tables to Follow

    PREFERRED BANK
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
    (unaudited)
    (in thousands, except for net income per share and shares)
                         
                         
              For the Quarter Ended
              September 30,   June 30,   September 30,  
                2024     2024     2023  
    Interest income:              
      Loans, including fees   $ 114,112   $ 109,451   $ 106,695  
      Investment securities     15,032     17,552     18,556  
      Fed funds sold     280     291     278  
        Total interest income     129,424     127,294     125,529  
                         
    Interest expense:              
      Interest-bearing demand     23,211     24,205     20,257  
      Savings     84     79     67  
      Time certificates     35,956     35,578     29,369  
      FHLB borrowings     –     –     1,557  
      Subordinated debt     1,325     1,325     1,325  
        Total interest expense     60,576     61,187     52,575  
        Net interest income     68,848     66,107     72,954  
    Provision for credit losses     3,200     2,500     3,500  
        Net interest income after provision for              
          credit losses     65,648     63,607     69,454  
                         
    Noninterest income:              
      Fees & service charges on deposit accounts     747     819     939  
      Letters of credit fee income     1,959     1,749     1,412  
      BOLI income     108     105     103  
      Net gain on sale of loans     91     353     21  
      Other income     554     378     497  
        Total noninterest income     3,459     3,404     2,972  
                         
    Noninterest expense:              
      Salary and employee benefits     13,525     12,944     13,008  
      Net occupancy expense     1,883     1,716     1,563  
      Business development and promotion expense     241     403     193  
      Professional services     1,816     1,832     1,423  
      Office supplies and equipment expense     435     477     395  
      Loss on sale of OREO, valuation allowance and related expense     1,915     29     140  
      Other       2,274     2,296     2,287  
        Total noninterest expense     22,089     19,697     19,009  
        Income before provision for income taxes     47,018     47,314     53,417  
    Income tax expense     13,635     13,722     15,225  
        Net income   $ 33,383   $ 33,592   $ 38,192  
                         
    Income per share available to common shareholders              
        Basic   $ 2.50   $ 2.51   $ 2.74  
        Diluted   $ 2.46   $ 2.48   $ 2.71  
                         
    Weighted-average common shares outstanding              
        Basic     13,327,848     13,362,522     13,925,994  
        Diluted     13,544,273     13,548,400     14,105,915  
                         
    Cash dividends per common share   $ 0.70   $ 0.70   $ 0.55  
                         
    PREFERRED BANK  
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations  
    (unaudited)  
    (in thousands, except for net income per share and shares)  
                         
                         
              For the Nine Months Ended      
              September 30,   September 30,   Change  
                2024     2023     %  
    Interest income:              
      Loans, including fees   $ 333,543   $ 304,796     9.4  
      Investment securities     48,841     47,454     2.9  
      Fed funds sold     854     774     10.4  
        Total interest income     383,238     353,024     8.6  
                         
    Interest expense:              
      Interest-bearing demand     69,706     53,701     29.8  
      Savings     238     153     55.6  
      Time certificates     105,864     71,399     48.3  
      FHLB borrowings     –     3,819     -100.0 %
      Subordinated debt     3,975     3,975     0.0  
        Total interest expense     179,783     133,046     35.1  
        Net interest income     203,455     219,978     -7.5 %
    Provision for credit losses     10,100     6,500     55.4  
        Net interest income after provision for credit losses     193,355     213,478     -9.4 %
                         
    Noninterest income:              
      Fees & service charges on deposit accounts     2,411     2,477     -2.7 %
      Letters of credit fee income     5,211     4,312     20.8 %
      BOLI income     318     307     3.3 %
      Net loss on called and sale of investment securities     –     (4,117 )   -100.0 %
      Net gain on sale of loans     547     547     -0.1 %
      Other income     1,441     1,481     -2.7 %
        Total noninterest income     9,928     5,007     98.3 %
                         
    Noninterest expense:              
      Salary and employee benefits     40,369     39,256     2.8 %
      Net occupancy expense     5,310     4,513     17.7 %
      Business development and promotion expense     910     498     82.7 %
      Professional services     5,105     3,915     30.4 %
      Office supplies and equipment expense     1,385     1,197     15.7 %
      Loss on sale of OREO, valuation allowance and related expense     2,079     3,050     -31.8 %
      Other       6,656     6,332     5.1 %
        Total noninterest expense     61,814     58,761     5.2 %
        Income before provision for income taxes     141,469     159,724     -11.4 %
    Income tax expense     41,028     45,523     -9.9 %
        Net income   $ 100,441   $ 114,201     -12.0 %
                         
    Income per share available to common shareholders              
        Basic   $ 7.50   $ 8.01     -6.4 %
        Diluted   $ 7.39   $ 7.92     -6.7 %
                         
    Weighted-average common shares outstanding              
        Basic     13,399,487     14,257,005     -6.0 %
        Diluted     13,587,820     14,418,939     -5.8 %
                         
    Dividends per share   $ 2.10   $ 1.65     27.3 %
                         
    PREFERRED BANK
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
    (unaudited)
    (in thousands)
                   
                   
            September 30,   December 31,  
              2024       2023    
            (Unaudited)   (Audited)  
    Assets        
    Cash and due from banks $ 782,394     $ 890,852    
    Fed funds sold   22,600       20,000    
      Cash and cash equivalents   804,994       910,852    
                   
    Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost   20,311       21,171    
    Securities available-for-sale, at fair value   337,363       313,842    
                   
    Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value   225       360    
                   
    Loans   5,571,579       5,273,498    
      Less allowance for credit losses   (76,051 )     (78,355 )  
      Less amortized deferred loan fees, net   (10,414 )     (11,079 )  
      Loans, net   5,485,114       5,184,064    
                   
    Other real estate owned and repossessed assets   15,082       16,716    
    Customers’ liability on acceptances   –       315    
    Bank furniture and fixtures, net   9,195       9,694    
    Bank-owned life insurance   10,364       10,632    
    Accrued interest receivable   35,562       33,892    
    Investment in affordable housing partnerships   58,009       65,276    
    Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost   15,000       15,000    
    Deferred tax assets   46,209       48,991    
    Income tax receivable   1,013       2,391    
    Operating lease right-of-use assets   30,489       22,050    
    Other assets   3,414       4,030    
      Total assets $ 6,872,344     $ 6,659,276    
                   
    Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity        
    Deposits:        
      Noninterest bearing demand deposits $ 682,859     $ 786,995    
      Interest bearing deposits:   1,994,288       2,075,156    
        Savings   29,793       29,167    
        Time certificates of $250,000 or more   1,478,500       1,317,862    
        Other time certificates   1,682,324       1,500,162    
        Total deposits   5,867,764       5,709,342    
                   
    Acceptances outstanding   –       315    
    Subordinated debt issuance, net   148,410       148,232    
    Commitments to fund investment in affordable housing partnerships   23,617       30,824    
    Operating lease liabilities   26,730       19,766    
    Accrued interest payable   16,001       16,124    
    Other liabilities   39,705       39,568    
      Total liabilities   6,122,227       5,964,171    
                   
    Shareholders’ equity   750,117       695,105    
      Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,872,344     $ 6,659,276    
                   
    Book value per common share $ 56.54     $ 50.54    
    Number of common shares outstanding   13,267,852       13,753,246    
    PREFERRED BANK
    Selected Consolidated Financial Information
    (unaudited)
    (in thousands, except for ratios)
                     
                     
                     
            For the Quarter Ended
                     
            September 30, June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30,
              2024     2024     2024     2023     2023  
    Unaudited historical quarterly operations data:          
      Interest income $ 129,424   $ 127,294   $ 126,520   $ 124,964   $ 125,529  
      Interest expense   60,576     61,187     58,020     55,568     52,575  
        Interest income before provision for credit losses   68,848     66,107     68,500     69,396     72,954  
      Provision for credit losses   3,200     2,500     4,400     3,500     3,500  
      Noninterest income   3,459     3,404     3,065     2,106     2,972  
      Noninterest expense   22,089     19,697     20,028     17,873     19,009  
      Income tax expense   13,635     13,722     13,671     14,290     15,225  
        Net income $ 33,383   $ 33,592   $ 33,466   $ 35,839   $ 38,192  
                     
      Earnings per share          
        Basic $ 2.50   $ 2.51   $ 2.48   $ 2.63   $ 2.74  
        Diluted $ 2.46   $ 2.48   $ 2.44   $ 2.60   $ 2.71  
                     
    Ratios for the period:          
      Return on average assets   1.95 %   1.97 %   2.00 %   2.15 %   2.25 %
      Return on beginning equity   18.37 %   19.44 %   19.36 %   21.21 %   22.66 %
      Net interest margin (Fully-taxable equivalent)   4.10 %   3.96 %   4.19 %   4.24 %   4.39 %
      Noninterest expense to average assets   1.29 %   1.15 %   1.20 %   1.07 %   1.12 %
      Efficiency ratio   30.55 %   28.34 %   27.99 %   25.00 %   25.04 %
      Net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans (annualized)   -0.00 %   0.68 %   0.26 %   -0.00 %   0.01 %
                     
    Ratios as of period end:          
      Tangible common equity ratio   10.92 %   10.55 %   10.35 %   10.43 %   10.10 %
      Tier 1 leverage capital ratio   11.28 %   10.89 %   10.80 %   10.85 %   10.46 %
      Common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio   11.66 %   11.52 %   11.50 %   11.57 %   11.63 %
      Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio   11.66 %   11.52 %   11.50 %   11.57 %   11.63 %
      Total risk-based capital ratio   15.06 %   14.93 %   15.08 %   15.18 %   15.32 %
      Allowances for credit losses to loans at end of period   1.36 %   1.34 %   1.49 %   1.49 %   1.46 %
      Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans 3.92x 1.79x 4.33x 2.73x 3.86x
                     
    Average balances:          
      Total securities $ 356,590   $ 353,357   $ 348,961   $ 349,863   $ 368,968  
      Total loans   5,458,613     5,320,360     5,263,562     5,126,918     5,086,241  
      Total earning assets   6,684,766     6,728,498     6,585,853     6,499,469     6,597,557  
      Total assets   6,817,979     6,863,829     6,718,018     6,627,349     6,719,859  
      Total time certificate of deposits   2,874,985     2,884,259     2,852,860     2,767,385     2,680,854  
      Total interest bearing deposits   5,124,245     5,203,034     5,004,834     4,906,947     4,800,227  
      Total deposits   5,828,227     5,901,976     5,761,488     5,689,713     5,654,350  
      Total interest bearing liabilities   5,272,617     5,351,347     5,153,089     5,055,143     5,069,014  
      Total equity   747,222     715,190     704,996     683,141     678,020  
                     
    PREFERRED BANK  
    Selected Consolidated Financial Information  
    (unaudited)  
    (in thousands, except for ratios)  
                   
                   
                   
            For the Nine Months Ended  
            September 30,   September 30,  
              2024       2023    
                   
      Interest income $ 383,238     $ 353,024    
      Interest expense   179,783       133,046    
        Interest income before provision for credit losses   203,455       219,978    
      Provision for credit losses   10,100       6,500    
      Noninterest income   9,928       5,007    
      Noninterest expense   61,814       58,761    
      Income tax expense   41,028       45,523    
        Net income $ 100,441     $ 114,201    
                   
      Earnings per share        
        Basic $ 7.50     $ 8.01    
        Diluted $ 7.39     $ 7.92    
                   
    Ratios for the period:        
      Return on average assets   1.97 %     2.33 %  
      Return on beginning equity   19.30 %     24.22 %  
      Net interest margin (Fully-taxable equivalent)   4.08 %     4.58 %  
      Noninterest expense to average assets   1.21 %     1.20 %  
      Efficiency ratio   28.97 %     26.12 %  
      Net charge-off (recoveries) to average loans   0.31 %     0.00 %  
                   
    Average balances:        
      Total securities $ 352,982     $ 402,971    
      Total loans   5,347,918       5,048,452    
      Total earning assets   6,666,439       5,047,971    
      Total assets   6,800,008       6,436,889    
      Total time certificate of deposits   2,870,717       6,560,955    
      Total interest bearing deposits   5,110,755       2,504,426    
      Total deposits   5,830,555       4,602,039    
      Total interest bearing liabilities   5,259,068       5,539,223    
      Total equity   722,560       4,851,214    
                   
    PREFERRED BANK
    Selected Consolidated Financial Information
    (unaudited)
    (in thousands, except for ratios)
                             
                             
                             
            As of
                             
            September 30,   June 30,   March 31,   December 31,   September 30,
              2024       2024       2024       2023       2023  
    Unaudited quarterly statement of financial position data:                  
    Assets:                  
      Cash and cash equivalents $ 804,994     $ 917,677     $ 936,600     $ 910,852     $ 1,021,108  
      Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost   20,311       20,605       20,904       21,171       21,474  
      Securities available-for-sale, at fair value   337,363       331,909       333,411       313,842       335,608  
      Loans:                  
        Real estate – Mortgage:                  
          Real estate—Residential $ 753,453     $ 732,251     $ 724,101     $ 688,058     $ 663,021  
          Real estate—Commercial   2,882,506       2,833,430       2,777,608       2,760,761       2,688,148  
          Total Real Estate – Mortgage   3,635,959       3,565,681       3,501,709       3,448,819       3,351,169  
        Real estate – Construction:                  
          R/E Construction — Residential   274,214       238,062       236,596       246,201       226,482  
          R/E Construction — Commercial   290,308       247,582       213,727       179,775       164,666  
          Total real estate construction loans   564,522       485,644       450,323       425,976       391,148  
        Commercial and industrial   1,365,550       1,369,617       1,369,529       1,394,871       1,377,675  
        SBA   5,649       5,463       3,914       3,469       2,424  
        Consumer and others   124       118       379       363       285  
          Gross loans   5,571,804       5,428,600       5,325,854       5,273,498       5,128,242  
      Allowance for credit losses on loans   (76,051 )     (72,848 )     (79,311 )     (78,355 )     (74,849 )
      Net deferred loan fees   (10,414 )     (10,502 )     (10,460 )     (11,079 )     (10,240 )
        Net loans, excluding loans held for sale $ 5,485,339     $ 5,345,250     $ 5,236,083     $ 5,184,064     $ 5,043,153  
      Loans held for sale $ 225     $ 955     $ 605     $ 360     $ –  
        Net loans $ 5,485,564     $ 5,346,205     $ 5,236,688     $ 5,184,424     $ 5,043,153  
                             
      Other real estate owned and repossessed assets $ 15,082     $ 16,716     $ 16,716     $ 16,716     $ 16,716  
      Investment in affordable housing partnerships   58,009       60,432       62,854       65,276       54,679  
      Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost   15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000  
      Other assets   136,021       138,036       134,040       131,995       124,793  
        Total assets $ 6,872,344     $ 6,846,580     $ 6,756,213     $ 6,659,276     $ 6,632,530  
                             
    Liabilities:                  
      Deposits:                  
        Demand $ 682,859     $ 675,767     $ 709,767     $ 786,995     $ 838,300  
        Interest bearing demand   1,994,288       2,326,214       2,159,948       2,075,156       2,091,384  
        Savings   29,793       28,251       29,261       29,167       30,427  
        Time certificates of $250,000 or more   1,478,500       1,406,149       1,349,927       1,317,862       1,283,461  
        Other time certificates   1,682,324       1,442,381       1,552,805       1,500,162       1,439,699  
        Total deposits $ 5,867,764     $ 5,878,762     $ 5,801,708     $ 5,709,342     $ 5,683,271  
                             
      Acceptances outstanding $ –     $ –     $ –     $ 315     $ 103  
      Subordinated debt issuance, net   148,410       148,351       148,292       148,232       148,173  
      Commitments to fund investment in affordable housing partnerships       23,617       27,946       29,647       30,824       20,824  
      Other liabilities   82,436       68,394       77,008       75,458       109,651  
        Total liabilities $ 6,122,227     $ 6,123,453     $ 6,056,655     $ 5,964,171     $ 5,962,022  
                             
    Equity:                    
      Net common stock, no par value $ 109,928     $ 113,509     $ 115,915     $ 134,534     $ 143,584  
      Retained earnings   664,808       640,675       616,417       592,325       566,027  
      Accumulated other comprehensive income   (24,619 )     (31,057 )     (32,774 )     (31,754 )     (39,103 )
        Total shareholders’ equity $ 750,117     $ 723,127     $ 699,558     $ 695,105     $ 670,508  
        Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,872,344     $ 6,846,580     $ 6,756,213     $ 6,659,276     $ 6,632,530  
                             
    PREFERRED BANK
    Quarter-to-Date Average Balances, Yield and Rates
    (Unaudited)
                               
                           
          Three months ended September 30,   Three months ended June 30,   Three months ended September 30,
            2024       2024       2023  
            Interest Average     Interest Average     Interest Average
          Average Income or Yield/   Average Income or Yield/   Average Income or Yield/
          Balance Expense Rate   Balance Expense Rate   Balance Expense Rate
    ASSETS (Dollars in thousands)
    Interest earning assets:                      
      Loans (1,2) $ 5,459,842   $ 114,112 8.31 %   $ 5,324,410   $ 109,451 8.27 %   $ 5,086,302   $ 106,695 8.32 %
      Investment securities (3)   356,590     3,610 4.03 %     353,357     3,652 4.16 %     368,968     3,422 3.68 %
      Federal funds sold   20,164     280 5.52 %     20,866     291 5.61 %     20,111     278 5.48 %
      Other earning assets   848,170     11,521 5.40 %     1,029,865     13,999 5.47 %     1,122,176     15,235 5.39 %
        Total interest earning assets   6,684,766     129,523 7.71 %     6,728,498     127,393 7.61 %     6,597,557     125,630 7.55 %
      Deferred loan fees, net   (10,248 )         (10,459 )         (10,071 )    
      Allowance for credit losses on loans   (72,899 )         (79,119 )         (71,503 )    
    Noninterest earning assets:                      
      Cash and due from banks   10,826           10,626           12,101      
      Bank furniture and fixtures   9,419           9,787           8,814      
      Right of use assets   22,496           22,886           21,491      
      Other assets   173,619           181,610           161,470      
        Total assets $ 6,817,979         $ 6,863,829         $ 6,719,859      
                               
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                      
    Interest bearing liabilities:                      
      Deposits:                      
        Interest bearing demand and savings $ 2,249,260   $ 23,295 4.12 %   $ 2,318,775   $ 24,284 4.21 %   $ 2,119,373   $ 20,324 3.80 %
        TCD $250K or more   1,412,073     17,866 5.03 %     1,379,116     17,295 5.04 %     1,251,397     14,085 4.47 %
        Other time certificates   1,462,912     18,090 4.92 %     1,505,143     18,283 4.89 %     1,429,457     15,284 4.24 %
        Total interest bearing deposits   5,124,245     59,251 4.60 %     5,203,034     59,862 4.63 %     4,800,227     49,693 4.11 %
    Advance from Federal Home Loan Bank   –     – 0.00 %     –     – 0.00 %     120,652     1,557 5.12 %
    Subordinated debt, net   148,372     1,325 3.55 %     148,313     1,325 3.59 %     148,135     1,325 3.55 %
        Total interest bearing liabilities   5,272,617     60,576 4.57 %     5,351,347     61,187 4.60 %     5,069,014     52,575 4.11 %
    Noninterest bearing liabilities:                      
      Demand deposits   703,982           698,942           854,123      
      Lease liability   18,882           19,828           19,759      
      Other liabilities   75,276           78,522           98,943      
        Total liabilities   6,070,757           6,148,639           6,041,839      
    Shareholders’ equity   747,222           715,190           678,020      
        Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,817,979         $ 6,863,829         $ 6,719,859      
    Net interest income   $ 68,947       $ 66,206       $ 73,055  
    Net interest spread     3.14 %       3.02 %       3.44 %
    Net interest margin     4.10 %       3.96 %       4.39 %
                               
    Cost of Deposits:                      
      Noninterest bearing demand deposits $ 703,982         $ 698,942         $ 854,123      
      Interest bearing deposits   5,124,245     59,251 4.60 %     5,203,034     59,862 4.63 %     4,800,227     49,693 4.11 %
        Total Deposits $ 5,828,227   $ 59,251 4.04 %   $ 5,901,976   $ 59,862 4.08 %   $ 5,654,350   $ 49,693 3.49 %
                               
    (1) Includes non-accrual loans and loans held for sale                    
    (2) Net loan fee income of $991,000, $1.1 million and $1.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively, are included in the yield computations
    (3) Yields on securities have been adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis                  
    PREFERRED BANK
    Year-to-Date Average Balances, Yield and Rates
    (Unaudited)
                       
                       
          Nine Months ended September 30,
            2024
    		       2023  
            Interest Average     Interest Average
          Average Income or Yield/   Average Income or Yield/
          Balance Expense Rate   Balance Expense Rate
    ASSETS (Dollars in thousands)
    Interest earning assets:              
      Loans (1,2) $ 5,350,465   $ 333,543 8.33 %   $ 5,048,452   $ 304,796 8.07 %
      Investment securities (3)   352,982     10,691 4.05 %     402,971     11,125 3.69 %
      Federal funds sold   20,472     854 5.57 %     20,111     774 5.14 %
      Other earning assets   942,520     38,448 5.45 %     965,355     36,633 5.07 %
        Total interest earning assets   6,666,439     383,536 7.68 %     6,436,889     353,328 7.34 %
      Deferred loan fees, net   (10,466 )         (10,142 )    
      Allowance for credit losses on loans   (76,775 )         (69,653 )    
    Noninterest earning assets:              
      Cash and due from banks   10,693           11,912      
      Bank furniture and fixtures   9,762           8,931      
      Right of use assets   22,462           21,780      
      Other assets   177,893           161,238      
        Total assets $ 6,800,008         $ 6,560,955      
                       
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              
    Interest bearing liabilities:              
      Deposits:              
        Interest bearing demand/ savings $ 2,240,038   $ 69,944 4.17 %   $ 2,097,613   $ 53,854 3.43 %
        TCD $250K or more   1,377,621     51,662 5.01 %     1,258,870     37,600 3.99 %
        Other time certificates   1,493,096     54,202 4.85 %     1,245,556     33,798 3.63 %
        Total interest bearing deposits   5,110,755     175,808 4.59 %     4,602,039     125,252 3.64 %
    Advance from Federal Home Loan Bank   –     – 0.00 %     101,099     3,819 5.05 %
    Subordinated debt, net   148,313     3,975 3.58 %     148,076     3,975 3.59 %
        Total interest bearing liabilities   5,259,068     179,783 4.57 %     4,851,214     133,046 3.67 %
    Noninterest bearing liabilities:              
      Demand deposits   719,800           937,184      
      Lease liability   19,401           20,482      
      Other liabilities   79,179           83,213      
        Total liabilities   6,077,448           5,892,093      
    Shareholders’ equity   722,560           668,862      
        Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,800,008         $ 6,560,955      
    Net interest income   $ 203,753       $ 220,282  
    Net interest spread     3.12 %       3.67 %
    Net interest margin     4.08 %       4.58 %
                       
    Cost of Deposits:              
      Noninterest bearing demand deposits $ 719,800         $ 937,184      
      Interest bearing deposits   5,110,755     175,808 4.59 %     4,602,039     125,252 3.64 %
        Total Deposits $ 5,830,555   $ 175,808 4.03 %   $ 5,539,223   $ 125,252 3.02 %
                       
    (1) Includes non-accrual loans and loans held for sale              
    (2) Net loan fee income of $3.4 million and $3.2 million for the year ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, are included in the yield computations
    (3) Yields on securities have been adjusted to a tax-equivalent basis            
    PREFERRED BANK  
    Loan and Credit Quality Information  
                     
    Allowance For Credit Losses History  
              Nine Months Ended Year ended  
              September 30, 2024   December 31, 2023  
              (Dollars in 000’s)  
    Allowance For Credit Losses          
    Balance at Beginning of Period   $ 78,355     $ 68,472    
      Charge-Offs          
        Commercial & Industrial     12,409       124    
        Mini-perm Real Estate     –       –    
        Total Charge-Offs     12,409       124    
                     
      Recoveries          
        Commercial & Industrial     5       7    
        Mini-perm Real Estate     –       –    
        Total Recoveries     5       7    
                     
      Net Charge-Offs     12,404       117    
      Provision for Credit Losses:     10,100       10,000    
    Balance at End of Period   $ 76,051     $ 78,355    
                     
    Average Loans Held for Investment   $ 5,347,918     $ 5,067,870    
    Loans Held for Investment at End of Period   $ 5,571,579     $ 5,273,498    
    Net Charge-Offs to Average Loans     0.31 %     0.00 %  
    Allowances for Credit Losses to Loans at End of Period     1.36 %     1.49 %  
                     

    The MIL Network –

  • MIL-OSI: Endeavor Bancorp Reports Pretax Income of $1.3 million for the Third Quarter of 2024; Results Highlighted by Record Loan Growth and Net Interest Margin Expansion

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Endeavor Bancorp (OTCQX: EDVR) (the “Company,” or “Bancorp”), the holding company for Endeavor Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $924,000, or $0.22 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2024, compared to net income of $760,000, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024, and $1,218,000, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023. Pretax net income was $1.3 million in the third quarter compared to $1.1 million in the preceding quarter and $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2023. All financial results are unaudited.

    Results for the third quarter of 2024 included a $609,000 provision for credit losses, compared to a $451,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2024, and a $301,000 provision for credit losses in the third quarter of 2023. Also noteworthy was the increase in interest expense on borrowings the past two quarters, with interest expense on borrowings of $493,000 for the third quarter of 2024, $492,000 for the preceding quarter, and $201,000 for the third quarter of 2023. The additional interest expense was associated with the recent subordinated debt issued late in the first quarter of 2024. Excluding taxes and loan loss provisions, the Company’s core pretax, pre-provision earnings were $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1.5 million in the preceding quarter and $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2023.

    “Our third quarter operating results were highlighted by strong net interest income generation and record quarterly loan production,” stated Julie Glance, CFO. “Our earning assets yield also increased, up 28 basis points during the third quarter, which is contributing to net interest margin expansion. While the high-interest rate environment continues to be a challenge, we believe we are well positioned with a strong balance sheet and ample capital to continue to grow.”

    Income Statement
    Strong core earnings were driven by loan growth and higher rates on earning assets. Total interest income on loans and bank deposits and investments was $10.2 million, an increase of $983,000 compared to the preceding quarter, while total interest expenses increased $425,000 during the same timeframe. Net interest income was $5.9 million in the third quarter of 2024, which was an increase of $557,000, or 10.4% compared to the preceding quarter and a 14.6% increase compared to the third quarter of 2023.

    “We are encouraged by our net interest margin improvement. Third quarter net interest margin expanded 15 basis points compared to the prior quarter, boosted by robust loan growth and higher interest earning asset yields, combined with stabilizing funding costs,” said Dan Yates, CEO.

    Net interest margin (NIM) increased 15 basis points to 3.85% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 3.70% in the second quarter of 2024 and increased 8 basis points compared to 3.77% in the third quarter of 2023. The yield on total earning assets increased 28 basis points during the third quarter of 2024 to 6.61%, compared to 6.33% in the preceding quarter, and up from 5.97% in the third quarter of 2023. The cost of deposits rose in the third quarter, increasing the overall cost of funds by 14 basis points during the third quarter of 2024 to 2.98%, compared to 2.84% in the preceding quarter.

    Non-Interest income decreased to $217,000 in the third quarter, compared to $390,000 in the second quarter of 2024, and increased compared to $181,000 in the third quarter 2023.

    The Company’s annualized return on average equity for the third quarter of 2024 was 8.17%, compared to 6.96% in the second quarter of 2024 and 11.71% in the third quarter of 2023. The annualized return on average assets for the third quarter of 2024 was 0.59% compared to 0.52% in the second quarter of 2024 and 0.88% in the third quarter of 2023.

    Balance Sheet
    Total assets increased $61.5 million, or 10.4%, during the third quarter of 2024 to $655.3 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $593.8 million at June 30, 2024, and increased $101.4 million, or 18.3%, compared to September 30, 2023. Balance sheet liquidity remains strong with cash balances of $87.4 million, which represents 13.3% of total assets as of September 30, 2024. The Company’s bond portfolio increased $1.9 million to $20.1 million as of September 30, 2024, representing only 3.0% of total assets. Total available borrowing capacity through the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve discount window exceeded $168.6 million as of quarter end.

    “The robust loan growth during the quarter was the highest in our history, excluding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in 2020, as our lenders are doing an excellent job at finding high quality lending opportunities in our market where many banks are pulling back,” said Steve Sefton, President. “We continue to have minimal office exposure with very few office building loans in the portfolio, and 50% of the commercial real estate loans were owner-occupied as of quarter end.”

    Total loans outstanding increased $55.0 million, or 11.4%, during the third quarter of 2024 to $538.4 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $483.4 million three months earlier, and increased $121.7 million, or 29.2%, when compared to $416.7 million a year earlier. Total non-performing loans increased to 1.2% of the total loan portfolio as of September 30, 2024, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter. The rise in non-performing loans was temporarily inflated by a borrower in the renewal process, who had no credit issues and represented over a third of the reported non-performing loans. These loans have since been successfully renewed and are now current. The Company had no net charge offs during the third quarter of 2024, or in the prior quarter.

    Total deposits increased $59.6 million during the quarter to $577.8 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $518.2 million three months earlier. Compared to a year ago, deposits increased by $85.1 million, up 17.3%. The loan to deposit ratio was 93.2% at September 30, 2024, compared to 93.3% at June 30, 2024.

    “Earlier this year, we expanded our team and moved into the greater Los Angeles Metro and Inland Empire markets. While this expansion north is still in its early stages, we are already seeing positive momentum,” added Sefton.

    As a result of its participation in a reciprocal deposit placement network, the Bank accepted “reciprocal” deposits from other institutions, enabling the Bank to offer customers FDIC insurance on accounts in excess of the typical $250,000 FDIC insurance limit. Although the reciprocal deposit accounts maintained through the network are core deposits seeking FDIC insurance, the FDIC rules indicate that reciprocal deposits aggregating over 20% of total liabilities are classified as deposits obtained by or through a deposit broker. The total reciprocal deposits reported as brokered deposits were $127.0 million at September 30, 2024, and $127.8 million as of June 30, 2024. To support the strong loan growth, the Company is utilizing a conservative amount of wholesale deposits. As of September 30, 2024, total wholesale deposits, excluding the reciprocal deposits, was $40.7 million, representing 7.0% of total deposits compared to $10.0 million as of June 30, 2024, or 1.93% of total deposits.

    Shareholders’ equity was $45.0 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $43.8 million at June 30, 2024, and $41.5 million at September 30, 2023. Tangible book value per share increased to $12.97 at September 30, 2024, compared to $12.55 three months earlier and $12.16 a year earlier.

    Capital 
    The Bank’s Tier 1 leverage ratio was 10.95% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 11.70% at June 30, 2024. The Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 10.95% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 11.84% on June 30, 2024, and the Total risk-based capital ratio was 12.13% compared to 13.04% three months earlier, all of which were well above regulatory minimums.

    On March 5, the Company completed the issuance of $12.5 million in fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes. The subordinated debt was structured such that it qualified as Tier 2 capital at the holding company with most of the new capital down streamed to the Bank as Tier 1 capital.

    Stock Dividend
    On May 20, 2024, the Company distributed a 2% stock dividend to shareholders of record on May 10, 2024.

    Recent Events
    Board member Jillian Murrish has announced her resignation due to personal reasons from the BanCorp and Bank board of directors, effective October 18, 2024.

    About Endeavor Bancorp 
    Endeavor Bancorp, the holding company for Endeavor Bank, is primarily owned and operated by Southern Californians for Southern California businesses and their owners. The bank’s focus is local: local decision-making, local board, local founders, local owners, and relationships with local clients in Southern California.

    Headquartered in downtown San Diego in the Symphony Towers building, the Bank also operates a loan production and executive administration office in Carlsbad and a branch office in La Mesa. Endeavor Bank provides traditional business banking services across a broad spectrum of industries and specialties. Unique to the bank is its consultative banking approach that partners our business clients with Endeavor Bank’s senior management. Together, we build strategies and provide resources that solve problems, plan for the future, and help clients’ efforts to grow revenues and profits. Endeavor Bancorp trades on the OTCQX® Best Market under the symbol “EDVR.” Visit http://www.endeavor.bank for more information.

    EDVR Shareholders 
    With many of our shareholders transferring their EDVR shares to their brokerage companies, along with ongoing trading taking place, Bancorp may not have the most current shareholder contact information. If you are an EDVR shareholder and would like to receive information via a more timely method, please complete the Shareholder Communication Preference Form on our website: https://www.bankendeavor.com/investor-relations so we can keep you updated on EDVR news, and invite you to various shareholder networking events throughout the year. 

    Forward-Looking Statements 
    This press release includes “forward-looking statements,” as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of the Company’s directors and executive officers (collectively, “Management”), as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company’s Management. All statements regarding the Company’s business strategy and plans and objectives of Management of the Company for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect” and “intend” and words or phrases of similar meaning, as they relate to the Company or the Company’s Management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations (“cautionary statements”) are loan losses, rapid and unanticipated deposit withdrawals, unavailability of sources of liquidity, additional regulatory requirements that may be imposed on community banks or banks generally, changes in interest rates, loss of key personnel, lower lending limits and capital than competitors, regulatory restrictions and oversight of the Company, the secure and effective implementation of technology, risks related to the local and national economy, changes in real estate values, the Company’s implementation of its business plans and management of growth, loan performance, interest rates, and regulatory matters, the effects of trade, monetary and fiscal policies, inflation, and changes in accounting policies and practices. Based upon changing conditions, if any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA                
    (In thousands of dollars, except for ratios and per share amounts)              
    Unaudited                  
            Three Months Ended          
      September 30, 2024     June 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
      (Consolidated)     (Consolidated)     (Consolidated)  
    SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS                
    Interest income $ 10,186     $ 9,203     $ 8,200  
    Interest expense 4,266     3,840     3,032  
    Net interest income 5,920     5,363     5,168  
    Provision for credit losses 609     451     301  
    Net interest income after loss provision 5,311     4,912     4,867  
    Non-interest income 217     390     181  
    Non-interest expense 4,205     4,205     3,312  
    Income before tax 1,323     1,097     1,736  
    Federal income tax expense 255     215     328  
    State income tax expense 143     121     190  
    Net income $ 924     $ 760     $ 1,218  
                     
    Core pretax earnings* $ 1,932     $ 1,548     $ 2,037  
    *excludes taxes and provision for loan losses                  
                     
    PER COMMON SHARE DATA                
    Number of shares outstanding (000s) 3,494     3,493     3,394  
    Earnings per share, basic $ 0.26     $ 0.22     $ 0.36  
    Earnings per share, diluted $ 0.22     $ 0.18     $ 0.29  
    Book Value per share $ 12.97     $ 12.61     12.24  
                     
    BALANCE SHEET DATA                
    Assets $ 655,305     $ 593,803     $ 553,889  
    Investments securities 20,107     18,204     7,770  
    Total loans, net of unearned income 538,439     483,411     416,746  
    Total deposits 577,781     518,230     492,726  
    Borrowings 26,672     26,648     16,118  
    Shareholders’ equity 45,308     44,051     41,535  
    Loan to Deposit ratio 93.19 %   93.28 %   84.58 %
    Wholesale Deposits to Total Deposits 7.04 %   1.09 %   0.86 %
                     
    AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET DATA                
    Average assets $ 619,122     $ 590,625     $ 550,500  
    Average total loans, net of unearned income 506,469     461,476     417,451  
    Average total deposits 541,858     515,457     488,822  
    Average shareholders’ equity 44,990     43,825     41,266  
                     
    ASSET QUALITY RATIOS                
    Net (charge-offs) recoveries $ –     $ –     $ –  
    Net (charge-offs) recoveries to average loans 0.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %
    Non-performing loans as a % of loans 1.22 %   0.06 %   0.11 %
    Non-performing assets as a % of assets 1.00 %   0.05 %   0.08 %
    Allowance for loan losses as a % of total loans 1.39 %   1.42 %   1.59 %
    Allowance for loan losses as a % of non-performing loans 113.61 %   22.94 %   6.94 %
                     
    FINANCIAL RATIOSSTATISTICS                
    Annualized return on average equity 8.17 %   6.96 %   11.71 %
    Annualized return on average assets 0.59 %   0.52 %   0.88 %
    Net interest margin 3.85 %   3.70 %   3.77 %
    Efficiency ratio 69.26 %   75.75 %   61.91 %
                     
    CAPITAL RATIOS                
    Tier 1 leverage ratio — Bank 11.38 %   11.70 %   10.20 %
    Common equity tier 1 ratio — Bank 10.95 %   11.87 %   11.26 %
    Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio — Bank 10.95 %   11.87 %   11.26 %
    Total risk-based capital ratio –Bank 12.13 %   13.07 %   12.51 %
                     
    TCE/TA * 6.91 %   7.42 %   7.50 %
    Tangible Book Value per Share $ 12.97     $ 12.55     12.16 %
                     
    *Non-GAAP financial measure.                
    Unaudited financials 2024                
                     

    Endeavor Bancorp Contact Information:
    (858) 230.5185
    Dan Yates, CEO
    dyates@bankendeavor.com

    (858) 230.4243
    Steve Sefton, President
    ssefton@bankendeavor.com

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  • MIL-OSI: GraniteShares – Delisting ETPs – Euronext Paris

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DUBLIN, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    GraniteShares Financial Plc
    21 October 2024
    LEI: 635400MFOIY6BX1JUC92

    GRANITESHARES FINANCIAL PLC (the “Issuer”)
    NOTICE OF DELISTING

    THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about what action you should take, you are recommended to consult your independent financial adviser.

    NOTICE is hereby given by the Issuer to the holders of the ETP Securities listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Affected Series”), that with effect from open of trading on 28 October 2024, the Relevant Series will be delisted from the exchange set out in Schedule 1 hereto. The Relevant Series will continue to trade on all other exchanges on which they are listed, as set out in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Remaining Trading Lines”).

    Capitalised terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Issue Deed relating to the ETP Securities.

    This Notice is given by the Issuer.

    GRANITESHARES FINANCIAL PLC

    By: ______/s/ Aileen Mannion_________________

    Name:   ___ Aileen Mannion ___________________

    Title:      Director

    Ground Floor, Two Dockland Central
    Guild Street
    North Dock
    Dublin 1
    Ireland

    Schedule 1 – Affected Series

    ETP Securities Ticker ISIN SEDOL Last trading day
    GraniteShares 3x Long Airbus Daily ETP Securities 3LAR XS2376933375 BMW5LG9 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Airbus Daily ETP Securities 3SAR XS2376937442 BMW5LH0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Volkswagen Daily ETP Securities 3LVW XS2376990417 BMW5M99 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Volkswagen Daily ETP Securities 3SVW XS2376991142 BMW5MB1 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long AMD Daily ETP Securities 3LAM XS2377112110 BMW5LB4 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long NIO Daily ETP Securities 3LNI XS2600249812 BN91F32 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Moderna Daily ETP Securities 3LMO XS2613356620 BRT42Q1 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short UBER Daily ETP Securities 3SUB XS2626290238 BNDTBW3 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short NIO Daily ETP Securities 3SNI XS2626290311 BNDTCJ7 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Facebook Daily ETP Securities 3LFB XS2656469561 BPLW388 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Tesla Daily ETP Securities 3STS XS2656471039 BP83M32 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Tesla Daily ETP Securities 3LTS XS2656472193 BP83LQ8 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Microsoft Daily ETP Securities 3LMS XS2662640627 BNYJ8J8 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long UBER Daily ETP Securities 3LUB XS2662640973 BNYK9D2 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Apple Daily ETP Securities 3SAP XS2662641195 BNYKBB4 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Alphabet Daily ETP Securities 3SAL XS2671672223 BQ2L1X2 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Facebook Daily ETP Securities 3SFB XS2671672819 BQ2L217 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Amazon Daily ETP Securities 3SZN XS2671672900 BQ2L251 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Netflix Daily ETP Securities 3SNF XS2675292135 BMZ8DH0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Amazon Daily ETP Securities 3LZN XS2675292218 BMZ8DN6 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Alphabet Daily ETP Securities 3LAL XS2675292309 BMZ8DT2 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares FAANG ETP Securities FANG XS2679084603 BNT9FS1 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 1x Short FAANG Daily ETP Securities SFNG XS2679090162 BNT9V49 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long FAANG Daily ETP Securities 3FNG XS2679091996 BNT9VF0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short FAANG Daily ETP Securities 3SFG XS2684011211 BP6LNX5 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares GAFAM ETP Securities GFAM XS2684011641 BQBBD59 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 1x Short GAFAM Daily ETP Securities SGFM XS2684011997 BQBBDF9 25 Oct 2024
    ETP Securities Ticker ISIN SEDOL Last trading day
    GraniteShares 3x Long GAFAM Daily ETP Securities 3GFM XS2693059839 BKPLWL2 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short GAFAM Daily ETP Securities 3SGF XS2693061819 BKPLWT0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares FATANG ETP Securities FTNG XS2693061900 BLDC6C3 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 1x Short FATANG Daily ETP Securities SFTG XS2696137772 BMX7LB9 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long FATANG Daily ETP Securities 3FTG XS2696138077 BMX7LL9 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short FATANG Daily ETP Securities 3SFT XS2696138150 BMX7LW0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Microsoft Daily ETP Securities 3SMS XS2722160707 BNDSDD5 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Apple Daily ETP Securities 3LAP XS2722161424 BNDSDJ1 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long NVIDIA Daily ETP Securities 3LNV XS2734938835 BNDQT31 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Palantir Daily ETP Securities 3SPA XS2836484787 BQGD0Q0 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short AMD Daily ETP Securities 3SAM XS2838543457 BSMMMN6 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short Moderna Daily ETP Securities 3SMO XS2838543614 BSMMN00 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Short NVIDIA Daily ETP Securities 3SNV XS2842095676 BS4DNR8 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Palantir Daily ETP Securities 3LPA XS2856105833 BMY3FT2 25 Oct 2024
    GraniteShares 3x Long Netflix Daily ETP Securities 3LNF XS2856106302 BMY3FX6 25 Oct 2024


    Schedule 2 – Remaining Trading Lines

    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Long Airbus Daily ETP Securities XS2376933375 London Stock Exchange LAR3 BMHWFM9 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Airbus Daily ETP Securities XS2376937442 London Stock Exchange SAR3 BMHWFP2 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Volkswagen Daily ETP Securities XS2376990417 London Stock Exchange LVW3 BMHWFJ6 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Volkswagen Daily ETP Securities XS2376991142 London Stock Exchange SVW3 BMHWFK7 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long AMD Daily ETP Securities XS2377112110 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LAM BP9MTV5 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LAM BMHW8T7 USD
    London Stock Exchange LAM3 BMHWF07 GBP
    GraniteShares 3x Long NIO Daily ETP Securities XS2600249812 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LNI BN91F21 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LIE BN91F09 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LNI BN91DY9 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LIP BN91F10 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Moderna Daily ETP Securities XS2613356620 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LMO BL54928 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LMO BL54939 USD
    London Stock Exchange MOL3 BL54940 GBP
    GraniteShares 3x Short UBER Daily ETP Securities XS2626290238 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SUB BNDTBX4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SUE BNDTC97 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SUB BNDTC86 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SUP BNDTCB9 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short NIO Daily ETP Securities XS2626290311 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SNI BNDTCL9 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SIE BNDTCP3 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SNI BNDTCN1 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SIP BNDTCQ4 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Facebook Daily ETP Securities XS2656469561 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LFB BPLW377 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LFE BPLW366 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LFB BPLW322 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LFP BPLW333 GBX
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Short Tesla Daily ETP Securities XS2656471039 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3STS BP83M21 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3STE BP83M10 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3STS BP83LZ7 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3STP BP83M09 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Tesla Daily ETP Securities XS2656472193 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LTS BP83KJ4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LTE BP83K94 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LTS BP83K61 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LTP BP83K83 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Microsoft Daily ETP Securities XS2662640627 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LMS BNYJ8H6 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LME BNYJ8C1 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LMS BNYJ898 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LMP BNYJ8B0 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long UBER Daily ETP Securities XS2662640973 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LUB BNYK9C1 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LUE BNYK987 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LUB BNYJXJ3 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LUP BNYK976 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Apple Daily ETP Securities XS2662641195 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SAP BNYKB03 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SAE BNYK9Z4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SAP BNYK9T8 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SWP BNYK9V0 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Alphabet Daily ETP Securities XS2671672223 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SAL BQ2L1W1 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SGE BQ2L1V0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SAL BQ2KSF0 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SGP BQ2L1T8 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Facebook Daily ETP Securities XS2671672819 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SFB BQ2L206 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SFE BQ2L1Z4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SFB BQ2KSG1 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SFP BQ2L1Y3 GBX
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Short Amazon Daily ETP Securities XS2671672900 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SZN BQ2L240 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SPE BQ2L239 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SZN BQ2L1M1 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SZP BQ2L228 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Netflix Daily ETP Securities XS2675292135 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SNF BMZ8DJ2 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SNE BMZ8DF8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SNF BMZ8DD6 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SNP BMZ8DG9 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Amazon Daily ETP Securities XS2675292218 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LZN BMZ8DP8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LPE BMZ8DL4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LZN BMZ8DK3 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LZP BMZ8DM5 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Alphabet Daily ETP Securities XS2675292309 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LAL BMZ8DV4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LGE BMZ8DR0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LAL BMZ8DQ9 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LGP BMZ8DS1 GBX
    GraniteShares FAANG ETP Securities XS2679084603 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus FANG BNT9FQ9 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FNNG BNT9FR0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange FANE BNT9FP8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange FANG BNT9FM5 USD
    London Stock Exchange FANP BNT9FN6 GBX
    GraniteShares 1x Short FAANG Daily ETP Securities XS2679090162 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus SFNG BNT9VB6 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FNNS BNT9V94 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SFNE BNT9V72 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SFNG BNT9V50 USD
    London Stock Exchange SFNP BNT9V61 GBX
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Long FAANG Daily ETP Securities XS2679091996 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3FNG BNT9VC7 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FA3L BNT9VD8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3FNE BNT9VH2 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3FNG BNT9VG1 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3FNP BNT9VJ4 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short FAANG Daily ETP Securities XS2684011211 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SFG BP6LNR9 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FA3S BP6LNZ7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3S1E BP6LNM4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SFG BP6LNK2 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3S1P BP6LNL3 GBX
    GraniteShares GAFAM ETP Securities XS2684011641 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus GFAM BQBBD48 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse GFAM BQBBD60 EUR
    London Stock Exchange GFME BQBBD37 EUR
    London Stock Exchange GFAM BQBBD15 USD
    London Stock Exchange GFMP BQBBD26 GBX
    GraniteShares 1x Short GAFAM Daily ETP Securities XS2684011997 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus SGFM BQBBDC6 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse GF1S BQBBDG0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SGME BQBBDB5 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SGFM BQBBD82 USD
    London Stock Exchange SGMP BQBBD93 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long GAFAM Daily ETP Securities XS2693059839 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3GFM BKPLWM3 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse GF3L BKPLWN4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3GME BKPLWJ0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3GFM BKPLWH8 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3GMP BKPLWK1 GBX
               
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Short GAFAM Daily ETP Securities XS2693061819 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SGF BKPLX53 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse GF3S BKPMLX0 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3S2E BKPLWQ7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SGF BKPLWP6 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3S2P BKPLWS9 GBX
    GraniteShares FATANG ETP Securities XS2693061900 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus FTNG BMBXTG0 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FATN BNTYJR3 EUR
    London Stock Exchange FTNE BKPMM04 EUR
    London Stock Exchange FTNG BKPMLY1 USD
    London Stock Exchange FTNP BKPMM15 GBX
    GraniteShares 1x Short FATANG Daily ETP Securities XS2696137772 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus SFTG BMX7LC0 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse 1SFT BMX7LD1 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SFTE BMX7L75 EUR
    London Stock Exchange SFTG BMX7L64 USD
    London Stock Exchange SFTP BMX7L86 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long FATANG Daily ETP Securities XS2696138077 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3FTG BMX7LM0 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse 3FTG BMX7LN1 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3FTE BMX7LJ7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3FTG BMX7LH5 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3FTP BMX7LK8 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long FATANG Daily ETP Securities XS2696138150 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SFT BMX7LX1 EUR
    Deutsche Boerse FT3S BMX7LY2 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3S3E BMX7LT7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SFT BMX7LR5 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3S3P BMX7LV9 GBX
               
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Short Microsoft Daily ETP Securities XS2722160707 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SMS BNDSDF7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SME BNDSDB3 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SMS BNDSD79 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SMP BNDSDC4 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Apple Daily ETP Securities XS2722161424 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LAP BNDSDK2 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LAE BNDSDG8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LAP BNDSD80 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LWP BNDSDH9 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long NVIDIA Daily ETP Securities XS2734938835 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LNV BNDQT19 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LVE BNDQT08 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LNV BNDQSX4 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LVP BNDQSZ6 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Short Palantir Daily ETP Securities XS2836484787 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SPA BQGD0P9 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SPA BQGD0M6 USD
    London Stock Exchange SPL3 BQGD0N7 GBP
    GraniteShares 3x Short AMD Daily ETP Securities XS2838543457 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SAM BSMMMP8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SMD BSMMMQ9 USD
    London Stock Exchange SAM3 BSMMMR0 GBP
    GraniteShares 3x Short Moderna Daily ETP Securities XS2838543614 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SMO BSMMN11 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SMO BSMMN22 USD
    London Stock Exchange SOL3 BSMMN33 GBP
    GraniteShares 3x Short NVIDIA Daily ETP Securities XS2842095676 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3SNV BS4DNQ7 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SVE BS4DNP6 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3SNV BS4DNM3 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3SVP BS4DNN4 GBX
    GraniteShares 3x Long Palantir Daily ETP Securities XS2856105833 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LPA BMY3FV4 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LPA BRXCWT4 USD
    London Stock Exchange PAL3 BRXCWV6 GBP
    ETP Securities ISIN Listing venues Ticker SEDOL Trading currency
    GraniteShares 3x Long Netflix Daily ETP Securities XS2856106302 Borsa Italiana – ETF Plus 3LNF BMY3FW5 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LNE BRXCWX8 EUR
    London Stock Exchange 3LNF BRXCWW7 USD
    London Stock Exchange 3LNP BRXCWZ0 GBX
               
               

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Pediatric Physician Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime Alerts (b)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Overland Park, Kansas, pediatric physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to using concealed video cameras to secretly record 13 child victims for the purpose of producing child pornography over a three-year period from Oct. 4, 2020, to Oct. 28, 2023. Aalbers also admitted that he was in possession of child pornography.

    Brian Michael Aalbers, 50, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lajuana M. Counts to 13 counts of attempting to produce child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

    Aalbers, a pediatric neurologist at Overland Park Regional Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., remains in federal custody without bond.

    Concerns were received by both the FBI and the United States Attorney’s Office regarding the potential victimization of patients of Aalbers’s pediatric practice. During the investigation, it was determined there was no evidence to indicate any current or former patients were victimized by Aalbers. To protect and maintain the privacy of Aalbers’s victims, no additional information regarding the victims will be released.

    According to today’s plea agreement, Kansas City, Mo., police officers investigated a report regarding concealed video cameras that had been found on Oct. 28, 2023. A witness later contacted officers to report that Aalbers was sending suicidal text messages. Lenexa, Kan., police officers located Aalbers and transported him to a local hospital to obtain voluntary mental health treatment. The hospital took possession of two laptop computers, two iPad tablets, and a cell phone that were inside a backpack Aalbers brought with him when he entered the facility.

    Investigators obtained search warrants for those devices, as well as other cameras and electronic devices owned by Aalbers. Investigators found more than 50,000 video files associated with the hidden video cameras used by Aalbers, including more than 1,000 videos that contained pornographic depictions of the 13 child victims.

    Investigators also obtained a search warrant for Aalbers’s iCloud account, which contained 1,000 additional images and 163 additional videos of child pornography, which included videos of the identified child victims that had been produced by Aalbers.

    Under the terms of today’s plea agreement, the government and Aalbers are jointly requesting a sentence of at least 20 years, but no more than 30 years, in federal prison without parole. The sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

    This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen A. Brackett. It was investigated by the FBI, the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the Lenexa, Kan., Police Department, the Merriam, Kan., Police Department, and the Overland Park, Kan., Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Kansas.

    Project Safe Childhood

    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit http://www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

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